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Man arrested in Belfast over fatal Dublin stabbing

RTE A street is sealed off with Garda tape in Dublin city centre. A Garda van is in the street as are a number of shops and bikes.RTE
The stabbing happened on South Anne Street, close to Grafton Street, in Dublin city centre

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Belfast in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man in Dublin at the weekend.

Quam Babatunde, 34, who was in the Irish asylum-seeking system, died after he was stabbed close to Grafton Street in Dublin in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The 23-year-old was arrested on Sunday as he was preparing to board a ferry to Liverpool, according to Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

Two other men, both in their 20s, were arrested by gardaí (Irish police) in Dublin on Monday in connection with the stabbing.

A post-mortem examination has been completed but the results are not being released for operational reasons, gardaí said.

A second man, aged in his 30s, was seriously injured and taken to hospital for treatment.

Gardaí have appealed to anyone with information about the attack, including those who have mobile phone recordings or dashcam footage in the vicinity of Dawson Street and St. Stephen's Green, to contact them.