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Gardai describe several unprovoked assaults in Tralee as very alarming

Sep 14, 2020 16:21 By radiokerrynews
Gardai describe several unprovoked assaults in Tralee as very alarming
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Gardai have described several unprovoked assaults in Tralee over the past week as very alarming. They are appealing for anyone with any information to contact

Gardai have described several unprovoked assaults in Tralee over the past week as very alarming.

They are appealing for anyone with any information to contact them.

Last Tuesday, September 8th at 1.15 in the afternoon a man who was stopped in his car at the traffic lights at Ivy Terrace, Tralee suffered serious facial injuries when an unknown man approached his car and punched in him the face through the open driver's window.

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The victim of the serious assault was treated in University Hospital Kerry for his injuries.

Just after half past nine on Thursday (September 10th) morning, a man was punched and kicked by two men in the Boherbee area; he suffered serious injuries.

Around 1.20pm on Friday (September 11th), a teenager who was walking down Abbeycourt was pushed up against a wall by a man who punched him in the face and stomach.

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Finally, at 8.20 last night (September 13th), a man in a white van pulled up in the Killerisk area of the town and began punching a man walking on the street in an unprovoked attack.

Garda Owen Walsh says the number of assaults in Tralee in the past week is of concern:

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Anyone with any information on the assaults can contact Tralee Garda Station on 0667102300.

 

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