{"id":53088,"date":"2025-09-09T14:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53088\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:25:09","slug":"armed-gardai-swoop-to-arrest-knife-wielding-man-in-wexford-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/53088\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed garda\u00ed swoop to arrest knife-wielding man in Wexford village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wexford Garda Station.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/b4bb74c7-65cf-4b2d-8fa6-c8e865fb1eea.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Wexford Garda Station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Garda Armed Response Unit rushed to the scene of a domestic dispute that got out of hand in a rural Wexford village on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">There was a flurry of activity around The Old Post Office in Mayglass as armed gardai moved to apprehend a 24-year-old man who was in possession of two knives and was acting aggressively, having slashed the tyres of a parked car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The man, who was described as being &#8220;highly intoxicated&#8221; and &#8220;erratic&#8221; is also accused of assaulting a female with a wine bottle and using a knife to threaten the owner of the damaged car, who is described as being of &#8220;no connection&#8221; to the aggressor and was just visiting the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Armed garda\u00ed and several squad cars responded to the incident and the man was eventually arrested and taken into custody st Wexford Garda Station before being charged with possession of a knife, assault and criminal damage to the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He is due before Wexford District Court in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wexford Garda Station. 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