Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal stabbing in Dublin early this morning.
A man (24) was stabbed at the Hole in the Wall Road in Donaghmede,
Dublin 13, just after midnight. He was later pronounced dead at Beaumont Hospital.
According to gardaí, the incident began at about 1am in an apartment block on the Hole In The Wall Road. Occupants of two apartments in The Beeches, Gratton Wood, where involved in a row outside one of the apartments, and the disturbance then continued outside the apartment block in an area near a fountain.
The two groups then got into two cars, a silver Ford Focus, and a black Honda Civic, and these cars crashed on Hole In The Wall Road. The victim, who was travelling in the Ford Focus, was then fatally stabbed, gardaí said.
Gardaí will conduct a technical examination on both vehicles, and a knife has been recovered. Further searches in the apartment complex are ongoing. Gardaí are not naming the victim until a postmortem is carried out tomorrow.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Coolock Garda Station on 01 6664200, or the Garda Confidential Number 1800 666 111.
According to reports, the victim is a 24-year-old former member of the Defence Forces who was believed to be visiting an apartment in Donaghmede when he and another man became involved in an incident related to a noise complaint.
The scene has been sealed off for forensic examination. The Hole in the Wall Road is closed from the junction with Grange Road to Clongriffin, and diversions are in place.