Teenager released without charge over Jobstown stabbing

Reece Cullen (17) was fatally stabbed on Thursday afternoon in Kilclare Crescent

Gardaí at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Reece Cullen (inset) at Kilclare Cresccent, Jobstown, Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
Gardaí at the scene of the fatal stabbing of Reece Cullen (inset) at Kilclare Cresccent, Jobstown, Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins

A teenager arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Reece Cullen in the Jobstown area of Tallaght in Dublin on Thursday has been released without charge.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The male juvenile was arrested in the Tallaght area on Friday morning.

Reece Cullen was fatally stabbed at Kilclare Crescent, Jobstown, on Thursday afternoon.

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