A terrified resident called for help after seeing an eight-year-old girl who had been stabbed over 70 times through a window, it has been reported.
The girl, who was staying in Ireland after fleeing her war-torn homeland of Ukraine, was found with serious injuries at an emergency accommodation for refugees at roughly 8am on Tuesday.
Gardai and emergency services were alerted by other residents at the house in Clarecastle, Co Clare, after they heard screaming.