A FOURTH man has been arrested in connection with the killing of an asylum seeker who was stabbed to death after a rap gig in Dublin earlier this month.
Quham Babatunde, 34, was stabbed to the chest and suffered other wounds in Dublin city centre’s South Anne Street on February 15.
The incident took place while he had been standing back from a melee between two groups who had emerged from a Kojo Funds concert in a nightclub in the early hours of the morning.
A second man was seriously injured during the same incident.
Gardai confirmed that they have arrested a fourth man, aged in his 20s, in connection with the killing this morning.
A spokesperson said: “Gardai have made a fourth arrest in connection with the fatal assault at South Anne Street/Duke Lane Upper, Dublin 2 on the 15th February, 2025.
“A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested this morning and is currently detained under Section 4 of Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at a Garda Station in Dublin.
“Investigations are ongoing.”
Three men have so far been charged in connection with an attack on Babatunde.
Rory Carr, 21 from Ard Na Gréine, Seapoint Lane in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, and Jeffrey Bangu, of the same age and from Cardy Rock Crescent in Balbriggan, have both been charged with violent disorder and assaulting the two victims causing them harm.
Both of those men have been remanded in custody and are due in court again this week.
Ryan Ndede of Boroimhe Birches, Swords, Dublin was brought before Belfast Magistrates Court last week and was remanded in custody to appear before the same court again on 21 March.
