Conor McGregor, former UFC champion, has expressed his disapproval of the riots that occurred in Dublin. However, he insists that a ‘change’ needs to take place following a knife attack that left five people injured, including three children.
A five-year-old girl was left in critical condition after the attack in Dublin on Thursday (23 November), which led to violent protests in the Irish capital.
McGregor quickly criticized the government’s response to the stabbing, following his vocal comments earlier in the week regarding the sentencing of Jozef Puska, a 33-year-old Slovak who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 23-year-old Irish woman Ashling Murphy.
“Ireland, we are at war,” McGregor tweeted after Puska’s sentencing. He then reacted to Thursday’s knife attack by writing: “Innocent children ruthlessly stabbed by a mentally deranged non-national in Dublin, Ireland today. There is grave danger among us in Ireland that should never be here in the first place, and there has been zero action done to support the public in any way, shape or form with this frightening fact. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.”
On Friday, however, the 35-year-old emphasized that he does not condone the riots in Dublin, after Britain First party leader called on the mixed martial artist to lead a ‘Freedom March’.
“I do not condone last night’s riots,” McGregor tweeted on Friday (24 November). “I do not condone any attacks on our first responders in their line of duty. I do not condone looting and the damaging of shops. Last night’s scenes achieved nothing toward fixing the issues we face.
I do not condone last nights riots. I do not condone any attacks on our first responders in their line of duty. I do not condone looting and the damaging of shops. Last nights scenes achieved nothing toward fixing the issues we face. I do understand frustrations however, and I do… https://t.co/FFx7d0ZROb
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 24, 2023
“I do understand frustrations however, and I do understand a move must be made to ensure the change we need is ushered in. And fast! I am in the process of arranging. Believe me I am way more tactical, and I have backing. There will be change in Ireland, mark my words. The change needed.
“In the last month, innocent children were stabbed leaving school. Ashling Murphy murdered. Two Sligo men decapitated. This is NOT Ireland’s future! If they do not act soon with their plan of action to ensure Ireland’s safety, I will.”
On Thursday, McGregor called for the man responsible for the stabbing to be punished with “torture and death”.
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