A Dublin woman has revealed how aggressive teenagers have been terrorising the residents of a north-inner city apartment building.
Sabeena (name changed on request) was left with an injured hand after one of the teens smashed the front door after being asked to leave. The mum-of-one said she has never experienced anything like this in her seven years of living in the apartment on North Circular Road.
Sabeena told Dublin Live: "I was walking to the front door on Tuesday evening when I saw a teenager go in so I asked him where he was going. He told me his aunt lived here so I asked him the name of his aunt and he thought for a second and said a random name."
Read more: Man dies after being found unresponsive on Dublin street
Sabeena was instantly suspicious as nobody with that name lived in the building and her neighbour's car had been stolen and vandalised multiple times by a couple of teenagers just last week. She said: "I confronted him and told him to leave. He looked at me in the eyes and said, ‘Watch out for your car tonight, I’m going to smash the f*****g windows’."
The teenager then began attacking the front door while Sabeena was holding it open leaving her with an injured hand and broken nails. Sabeena said the incident has left her young son shaken.
"I have a little son who asked me, ‘Mum, who’s going to break our car window?’ Nobody should be terrified of living anywhere."
The residents of the building have been frustrated by the lack of any action taken to stop anti-social behaviour. Sabeena added: "These kids, they smash our cars, they randomly show up and start banging on the doors. They say racist things.
"I love this country but this is the first time I've experienced racism here and it's from teenagers. I also had to stay up all night to make sure they didn't target my car like they did my neighbour's."
Last week, Dublin Live reported how a single mum was left in tears after cruel teenagers targeted her new car multiple times over the span of just a month. Urufa's car was stolen and abandoned in a terrible condition mere hours after she had bought it.
She told Dublin Live: "Whoever stole it had taken out the front bumper, the lights, and the ignition switch was completely broken. "I am a single mother going through a painful separation.
"I need to pay rent, my daughter’s creche fees, and other bills. I already paid about €4,500 for the car."
Her car was targeted a second time on the morning of June 14 where they broke her left side mirror and tried to rob the ignition switch again. It was targeted again on that night.
She said: "I can’t even express what I’m going through. I cry every day. I'm struggling so much."
A garda spokeswoman said: "Gardai are investigating a public order incident that occurred at a residence on the North Circular Road in Dublin 1 on Tuesday evening, June 21, 2022."
Read next:
South Dublin pub attacked with petrol bomb while punters were inside
Footage shows thief almost hit Dublin woman with her own car as they speed away
Dublin mam's terror after autistic son 'stabbed with screwdriver' by bullies
Brother of murder victim Jennifer Poole calls for new laws on domestic violence
Sign up to the Dublin Live Newsletter to get all the latest Dublin news straight to your inbox.
