Gardaí taken off duty after teen suffers serious head injuries during arrest

Move prompted by video footage of incident in city

The force referred the incident to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), which issued an appeal last Wednesday for witnesses

June 13 2021 02:30 AM

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Two gardaí have been suspended from duty pending an investigation after a 17-year-old boy sustained serious head injuries, including a bleed to the brain, during the course of his arrest in Dublin city centre.

It is understood video footage of the two officers with the boy prompted a superintendent to suspend the two gardaí, such was the “seriousness of the incident”, senior security sources have told the Sunday Independent .

Gardaí also immediately referred the incident to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), which issued an appeal last Wednesday for witnesses.

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