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(8)</h1></div></div></div></div><h2 class="b-it-subheadline ">National school pupil Malika Al Katib died in hospital early on Sunday after Garda Armed Support Unit rushed to her home following report of multiple injured people</h2></div><div class="c-grid b-it-right-rail-advanced__rail-container"><div class="c-stack b-it-right-rail-advanced__main-interior-item " data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div class="c-stack b-it-right-rail-advanced__main-interior-item-1" data-style-direction="vertical" data-style-justification="start" data-style-alignment="unset" data-style-inline="false" data-style-wrap="nowrap"><div class="c-grid b-it-lead-art__wrapper"><figure class="c-media-item b-it-lead-art"><div class="b-it-lead-art__image-wrapper" style="aspect-ratio:1024 / 768"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Gardaí attended the scene in New Ross, Co Wexford, after a girl died following an 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The victim was named locally last night as Malika Al Katib, who died at University Hospital Waterford in the early hours of yesterday morning.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The Irish Times understands the alarm was raised via an emergency services call, at about 11.45pm on Sunday, from inside the New Ross property where the family live. Because the caller reported several people had suffered knife wounds, the Garda’s Armed Support Unit (ASU) was dispatched to the scene on William Street.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0ffkTty6QNr1mi-3-4-8-1d8291bb998b5" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:300px"><div id="arcad_f0ffkTty6QNr1mi-3-4-8-1d8291bb998b5" class="arcad ad-300x250"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">When the ASU members arrived they administered emergency treatment to the girl before she was taken to hospital by paramedics. 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The deceased child is believed to have sustained more than one wound though precisely how she was fatally injured remained under investigation.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fF3YXEzrty1PE-3-4-3-f0838dd9fed39" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:550px"><div id="arcad_f0fF3YXEzrty1PE-3-4-3-f0838dd9fed39" class="arcad ad-550x250"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">New Ross Educate Together National School has confirmed Malika was one of its pupils, with principal Therese White saying the school had put in place measures to support students and staff.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“This is a terrible tragedy for the family, our school and our community. We are deeply saddened by these events. Our sympathy and thoughts are with family and friends,” she said.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“The school has implemented our critical incident management plan and we are in receipt of support from the National Educational Psychological Service. They have been with us all day supporting and advising teachers in their efforts to assist students at this time.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Our teachers are helping students to deal with this tragic event. We will be sharing information with parents today around how they can support their children at this difficult time. We would ask you to respect our privacy at this difficult time.”</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">The scene on William Street was sealed off throughout Monday as Garda technical experts examined inside the property and the street outside. Garda Headquarters said a senior investigating officer had been appointed to manage the inquiry by gardaí based in New Ross station.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">Local Independent councillor John Dwyer said there is devastation in the area.</p><div id="arcad-feature-f0fyRwJHzrty1c0-3-4-4-996616c3cfa21" class="default__StyledAdUnit-sc-1moicrg-0 gKEhzJ arcad-feature"><div class="arcad-container width_100" style="max-width:550px"><div id="arcad_f0fyRwJHzrty1c0-3-4-4-996616c3cfa21" class="arcad ad-550x250"></div></div></div><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“We’re left numb at the news that started to emerge in the early hours of yesterday morning,” he said.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“Word started to filter through. I got a call very early yesterday morning from my daughter, who’s a mother herself, asking me had I heard and was aware of the circumstances. And from that point forward, the phone never stopped ringing until I got a very distressing phone call from a young woman who was closely related to the child. And I will never forget that phone call,” Cllr Dwyer told Newstalk Breakfast..</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“That person was desperately, desperately upset. It was one of the most horrific phone calls I’ve ever had in my life.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“It took time to make sense of that phone call. But when I did, the realisation hit me that many, many people in New Ross will have known this child and would have known the mother, who is from the locality. You know, there are no words that could adequately describe how people are feeling.</p><p class="c-paragraph paywall">“There’s a real sense of shock. New Ross is a relatively small place. Things like this don’t happen in towns like ours. 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