A KILLER broke into a pensioner’s home and murdered him with an axe, gardai believe.
Cops were last night hunting the brute who butchered the man believed to be originally from China at Robinson’s Court on Cork Street in Dublin city centre.
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Neighbours Rita and John O’Connor said the victim was very quiet
Officers suspect the killer broke into the flat through a window before subjecting the victim to a horrific attack and leaving him lying in a pool of blood.
The alarm was raised by the victim’s care worker after she had called to his flat and discovered the grisly scene.
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Irish police are investigating the murder of a man in his 70s who was beaten to death in a social housing complex in inner-city Dublin.Â
The victim was found by his care worker at a flat in Robinson s Court flat complex off Cork Street in Dublin City Center on Thursday afternoon.Â
The man, who is believed to be of Asian descent, had lived on his own in sheltered accommodation for several years and is thought to have been struck repeatedly with a blunt instrument.Â
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Officers from the Garda Technical Bureau investigated the scene on Thursday evening, while State Pathologist Dr. Heidi Okkers also examined the scene.Â
Murder probe launched as elderly man killed with axe in Dublin
Detectives from Kevin Street Garda station launched a full murder investigation
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Garda preserve the scene at Robinson s Court, Cork Street (Image: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos)
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A murder probe was launched after an elderly man was killed with an axe in his own home.
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