‘It’s almost every day’: foreign delivery riders face gang attacks in Dublin

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‘It’s almost every day’: foreign delivery riders face gang attacks in Dublin

Assaults and robberies escalated during pandemic and have continued as ‘shared space of the city is fought over’When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered Dublin, gangs of youths roved deserted streets and discovered a new, brutal form of entertainment: attacking food delivery riders.They threw rocks and bottles and sticks and if they succeeded in knocking over the rider sometimes followed up with fists and knives and seized the bicycle as a trophy…