AN IRISH man has been knifed to death in a frenzied attack
over a late-night chess game, detectives believe.
Irish police were called to the scene of the bloody killing
in a suburb of north Dublin
at about 1.50am local time.
A 39-year-old researcher, who owned the house at Beech Park
Avenue, Castleknock, was found inside with multiple stab injuries. They believe
a violent row erupted over a chess move and spiralled out of control.
Another man - aged 34 years and understood to be from Palermo in Italy
- was arrested at the scene.
Investigating gardai are not looking for anyone else in
connection with the death, which will be treated as murder as soon as post
mortem examination results are confirmed.
A police source said: "It was a very unpleasant scene
for our people to walk into. This was a bizarre killing and the dead man
sustained substantial injuries to his body." It is understood the dead man
was a former journalist with The Voice Today, a Roman Catholic newspaper.
A graduate of University College Dublin, he was more
recently a researcher with the Dublin-based Catholic lobby group the Iona Institute.
He is believed to have taken in a lodger in recent months to
help supplement his income.
It is not thought there were any drink or drugs involved in
the incident.
A knife has been recovered at the scene.
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