A young man has been arrested in connection with the attempted abduction of a woman in north Dublin yesterday morning.
The woman, in her 60s, was out walking at Martin's Grove by Blackhorse Avenue in Dublin 7 at around 7.30am when she was attacked.
The male attacker grabbed the woman and tried to force her into the boot of his car.
It's understood that the woman was able to keep her legs out of the boot, preventing her attacker from closing it and driving off.
The man then tried to drag her from the back of the car and force her into the back seat before passers-by heard her screams for help, RTE reports.
The attacker then allegedly threw his victim against a wall before getting into his car and fleeing.
A garda spokesman confirmed the arrest in the past few minutes.
He said: "Gardaí have arrested a 20 year old male in relation to the area of Dublin 7 on Monday 6th January 2020.
"He is currently being detained at Blanchardstown Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act (1984) on suspicion of offence of false imprisonment contrary to Section 15 of Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act (1997).
"A vehicle of interest to the investigating team has been detained and is subject to a forensic examination.
An incident room has been established at Blanchardstown Garda Station and a full investigation is being carried out.
"As part of this ongoing investigation, a sequence of information gathering checkpoints were carried out this morning Tuesday 7th January 2020 at the location of the incident on Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7.
"Gardaí continue to appeal to any person who was in the vicinity of Blackhorse Avenue on 6th January 2020 between 6am and 8am, or anyone who may have information about this incident, who has not yet contacted Gardaí, to come forward.
"Gardaí are also appealing to any road users who may have camera footage that were travelling in the Blackhorse Avenue area at this time to contact Gardaí."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Blanchardstown Garda Station on 01 666 7000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
