Gardaí are seeking the public’s help in tracing the movements of a vehicle and its occupants following a serious assault at a retail premises in Clare over the weekend.
Three people were hospitalised, one with serious injuries, after two masked men entered a shop in Clarecastle on Sunday afternooon, shortly before one o’clock and set upon them.
The suspects were wearing balaclavas, one with grey tracksuit bottoms and the second with dark clothes.
Gardaí believe they were brought to the scene in an SUV driven by a third man, and fled the scene in the same vehicle, which was later abandoned in Ballyea.
Clare’s Crime Prevention Officer, Sergeant Caitriona Holohan said “the assailants fled the scene in this Nissan X-Trail, they drove up Patrick Street and after taking the back roads from Clarecstle came out at the grotto on the Kildysart Road.
“The blue Nissan X-Trail then took a left and after travelling up Barntick, took a right up to Newhall, Ballyea where the vehicle was abandoned.
“This incident occurred at 12.50pm, shortly after mass ended in Clarecastle. There would have been a large crowd of people in the area and Gardaí are appealing to anyone that may have been out walking, have a vehicle parked in the area or driving through Clarecastle on Sunday at 12.50pm;
“Did you witnessed two males getting into a Blue Nissan X-Trail?
“Did you see a Blue Nissan X-Trail travelling on the back roads from Clarecastle to Newhall, Ballyea?
“Have you Dash-cam footage from Sunday?
“If any of your listeners have any information to please contact Ennis Garda Station on 065 6848100 or the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111,” Sergeant Holohan concluded.
