Gardaí investigating the stabbing of a boy in Waterford city centre yesterday have sent a file on the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Two men in their 20s were arrested after the 16-year-old boy was stabbed three times in the leg, arm and hand as he sat on a bus in the city centre yesterday afternoon.
A Garda spokeswoman said the pair had been held under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act and released without charge but that a file was being prepared for the DPP.
The attack occurred at around 4pm yesterday as a Bus Éireann bus stopped to pick up passengers near Parnell Street, one of the busiest streets in the city. It is understood a fight broke out on board involving a number of men on the back seat leaving the teenager with several stab wounds.
His attackers jumped from the bus and fled. The boy managed to walk several hundred yards to the main Garda station and from there was rushed to Waterford Regional Hospital.
A spokeswoman for the Health Service Executive said his injuries were not life threatening and that he was in a stable condition.