Brazilian Who Intervened In Dublin Knife Attack Insists He's No Hero

Brazilian Caio Benicio poses for a photograph during an interview with AFP, at the scene of the November 23 attack outside a school in Dublin. (Credit: AFP)

A Brazilian delivery driver branded a hero for helping subdue a knife-wielding assailant suspected of attacking children outside an Irish school told AFP Saturday that he acted "like every parent would".

A five-year-old girl sustained serious injuries and remains in hospital following the stabbing attack, which then sparked the worst night of rioting in Ireland's capital Dublin for nearly two decades.