Car deliberately driven into crowd in graveyard in Ireland

An elderly man was seriously injured after a car drove into a crowd in a cemetery in Dundalk on Sunday 21st of July.

Several other people received minor injuries during the incident, according to gardaí, the Irish police.

After the incident, the dark-coloured car drove out of the cemetery and collided with a number of parked cars on the road outside before coming to a stop.

A man in his late 20s, believed to be the driver was arrested at the scene.

Several hundred people were gathered in St Patrick’s cemetery for the annual blessing of the graves ceremony when the incident occurred.

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