A Garda received a cut to the head as they tried to stop one man brutally attacking another who lay on the ground just seconds after he had been stabbed in Dublin.
It was the first of two shocking stabbings in the city on Monday in the space of less than five hours.
Gardai in Kilmainham were called to the incident on St. Vincent's Street West, Inchicore at around 2:30am this morning, Dublin Live reports.
The 25-year-old male victim was stabbed by a 24-year-old man and while the injured party lay on the ground, the attacker tried to assault him again.
An officer on the scene tried to intervene and received a laceration to his head.
The injured party and the Garda were both taken to St. James Hospital for treatment.
The young stabbing victim remains in hospital but the Gardai has since been released.
The 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is currently detained under Section 4, of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Kilmainham Garda Station.
