A 34-year-old man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Co Wexford.
The man was discharged from hospital just before lunchtime yesterday before being arrested and taken to a garda station in the southeast of the country.
Eight-year-old Malika Al Kattib died following the incident at her home in New Ross on Sunday night.
She was taken to University Hospital Waterford, where she died from her injuries in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Her mother was also injured in the incident and was hospitalised with injuries that are not life-threatening.
The attacker was also injured.
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Gardaí believe they have established most of the facts surrounding the incident and are following a definite line of inquiry.
They believe this is a self-contained incident within the house and within the group of people involved.
They are not looking for anyone else at present.
Gardaí are also concerned that certain groups and individuals - those with anti-immigrant and far-right sentiments - are trying to use this incident for their own ends.
They are spreading disinformation and misinformation online, to engender fear, and to create an impression of a wider danger to society and to foster anti-migrant and anti-immigrant feeling.
Gardaí are stressing this case is not connected to international protection.
The main suspect is a UK resident who has residency status there for many years and is not an asylum seeker.
Additional reporting Kate Carolan and Dyane Connor
