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Ireland has been shaken by the stabbing deaths of a teenage girl and her 8-year-old twin siblings—allegedly carried out by their adult brother, who threw the two younger victims out the window.
Murder is rare in Ireland, and the brutality of the triple homicide in Dublin and the age of the victims brought attention from top government officials, with Taoiseach Micheál Martin saying it “left the entire nation shocked and very, very saddened.”
Police have charged Andy Cash, 24, with three counts of murder. Appearing in court late Monday, he answered “no comment” to each charge. Authorities have not disclosed a motive but Cash reportedly had threatened the family in the past.