A five-year-old girl who was stabbed outside her school in Dublin will need to ‘relearn everything’ due to the severity of her injuries, the child’s family have said.
The youngster was attacked along with two other children, a little boy and girl, as well as a woman who worked a creche worker in Parnell Square, Dublin on November 23.
French-Algerian Riad Bouchaker, 50, appeared in court last month charged with the attempted murder of three children and assault of a care worker which sparked riots across the Irish capital.
The little girl has spent several weeks in paediatric intensive care, with her family yesterday explaining she had now entered the third phase of her recovery.
Through a message on a GoFundMe page, which has raised £55,000, her loved ones said she left the children’s ward in December.
They wrote: ‘Hi everyone, our darling girl has now entered the 3rd phase of her recovery.
‘This will be the longest as she will relearn everything as a result of her injury.
‘She has done really well thus far and the medical team is very happy with her improvement.
‘Once again, she is so strong and we are proud to be by her side supporting her, guiding her, and, above all, loving her every step of the way.’
The catastrophic stabbing triggered Riots in Dublin city centre with authorities saying it had been led by far-right individuals with strong anti-immigration views, who believed the attacker was a migrant.
Around 500 thugs fought running battles with riot cops, looted shops and torched a double-decker bus in anger over the attack.
Pictures from the Irish capital at the time showed council workers removing the wrecks of burned-out buses and cars in a major clean up operation which was condemned by the Irish government.
The incident put pressure on the government and Garda Commissioner about safety and policing in Ireland.
Bouchaker of no fixed address, is further charged with three counts of assault causing harm and the possession and production of a 36cm kitchen knife.