November 23, 2023: Emergency services respond to a serious stabbing incident at Parnell Square East in Dublin.Rolling News
The five-year-old girl who suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the chest during the horrific knife attack outside a Dublin school on November 23 has left intensive care.
The girl, who is being treated at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, left the intensive care unit last week and has been moved to a ward, according to The Irish Times.
The girl's family had said in an update shared on December 9 that they were hopeful she would be moving out of the PICU to the ward before the end of the year.
The family described the little girl as a "warrior."
The girl was one of four victims of a knife attack that occurred outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square East in Dublin on Thursday, November 23.
Two other young children and Leanne Flynn, a childcare worker in her 30s, were also injured in the attack. The two other children have since been discharged, while Flynn remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
A GoFundMe for the five-year-old girl has raised more than €51,000, while another GoFundMe set up to support Flynn and the three children has raised more than €265,000.
The two fundraisers are among nine that have been verified by GoFundMe after the stabbing and subsequent riot.
Meanwhile, Riad Bouchaker, who was hospitalized after the attack as well, has been charged with eight offenses in connection with last month's attack.
The 50-year-old, of no fixed abode, appeared before Dublin District Court on Thursday, December 21.
He has been charged with the attempted murder of two female children and one male child.
He has also been charged with assault causing serious harm to a female childcare worker.
He was further charged with three counts of assault causing harm to the three children and was additionally charged with one count of possession or production of a 36cm kitchen knife.
Bouchaker was remanded in custody at Cloverhill Prison. He is due to appear again at Cloverhill District Court via videolink on December 28.