A man has been arrested over an assault on and attempted abduction of a woman yesterday.
A woman in her 60s was attacked by a man who tried to force her into the boot of his car on Blackhorse Avenue in Cabra, Dublin 7 at around 7.30am on Monday, January 6. She managed to flee the scene.
Gardai said today that a 20-year-old man is being held 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).
Gardai said a vehicle "of interest to the investigating team" has also been detained and is being forensically examined.
They added that an incident room has been established at Blanchardstown Garda Station and a full investigation is being carried out.
A "sequence of information gathering checkpoints" were carried out on Tuesday morning at the location of the incident on Blackhorse Avenue.
Gardai are continuing to appeal to any person who was around Blackhorse Avenue on January 6 2020 between 6am and 8am or anyone who may have information about this incident who has not yet contacted gardai to come forward.
Gardai 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 them.
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.
