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A youth has been arrested in connection with an assault that left a 17-year-old girl with serious injuries in Ballyfermot, Dublin.
The attack occurred near the civic offices on the Ballyfermot Road on the night of December 30th.
Alanna Quinn Idris suffered a ruptured eyeball and fractures to her cheek and eye socket. She also suffered broken teeth and was left with a large wound just below her eye.
Ms Quinn Idris, who was treated at St James’s Hospital and the Dublin Eye & Ear Hospital, needed to undergo surgery, but has since been discharged and is recovering at home in Ballyfermot.
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A young man she was with, who suffered stab wounds to his arm, has also been discharged from hospital. The two were assaulted by a group after they alighted from a bus at about 9.30pm.
In a statement, gardaí said a male juvenile was arrested on Wednesday as part of the investigation.
He is currently being detained at a Garda station in west Dublin under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. Investigations are ongoing.
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