Locals furious as eco attacks on SUVs spiral

Residents of a south dublin are furious after after they were targeted by “eco warriors” who snapped and bent the windscreen wipers on their cars.

in a Facebook post, the Knocklyon network shared a series of photos of the damaged vehicles and a warning that eco warriors “have hit Beverly downs, bending/snapping windscreen wipers of some sUV’s/large engine cars”.

in the comments, one woman said her husband’s “(work) van also targeted, they weren’t broken thankfully. shameful behaviour.”

Another added that their car was targeted but the wiper wasn’t broken.

“if they are eco warriors and not vandals, and want to actually do something, why don’t they target the actual people in charge and contributing to the real cause of climate change not cowardly attacking individuals in Knocklyon just trying to get by.

“Why not organise a march or a debate or anything, anything more proactive then this.”

One person stormed: “Breaking the back wiper is not an eco Warrior, that’s vandalism.”

Another warned: “i’ll be doing my rounds to get that footage..absolute disgrace who’s raising these kids”.

Last month, something similar happened in the nearby south dublin suburb of Churchtown last month when tyres were slashed on vehicles.

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Richmond tweeted that he had “calls from constituents who last night had their tyres slashed in Churchtown by a supposed climate action group”, alongside a picture of a flat tyre.

“it’s now with the local Gardaí,” he added. “This thuggery is unacceptable, i’m hopeful. A leaflet shared by Minister of state neale Richmond alleged a group calling itself “ tyre extinguisher” said it had deflated the tyres of their sUVs.

Minister Richmond posted a message on both twitter and instagram saying that he had been contacted by constituents in Churchtown, south dublin, who said that their tyres had been “slashed overnight”.

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