Overview
- The victim, a Ukrainian father of one, left his Camden Court apartment to buy food and was attacked near Lower John Street/Knapp's Square/Devonshire Street before collapsing after returning home.
- State Pathologist Dr Sally Anne Collis conducted the post-mortem, after which Gardaí upgraded the case to a murder probe.
- A man in his forties is in custody under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at a Cork garda station.
- An incident room is operating at Watercourse Road Garda Station, with a Senior Investigating Officer and a Family Liaison Officer in place as CCTV and forensic examinations continue.
- Investigators report no weapon recovered to date and are working to establish the motive, with appeals ongoing to taxi drivers and motorists for relevant footage.