Updated June 10, 2026 — 8:29am, first published 12:36am
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London: A Sudanese asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder after a brutal stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life in a Belfast hospital from wounds likened to an attempted beheading, sparking violent protests against migration.
A graphic online video showed an assailant kneeling over the victim and yelling while brandishing a knife above his head, moments before onlookers rushed to help by wielding makeshift weapons against the attacker.
Vehicles set on fire by protesters on Lendrick Street in Belfast. PA Images via Getty Images Riots flared in response to Monday night’s stabbing attack in Belfast. undefined/PA via AP Protesters took to the streets of Belfast and other cities on the night after the attack, with masked activists setting fire to a bus and others halting traffic in the Northern Ireland capital.
Hundreds of people gathered at the protests in Belfast, some lighting flares, after anti-immigration groups called for rallies across the United Kingdom.
A still from a video showing a house on fire in Belfast. Sky UK Outrage spread online throughout Tuesday after the graphic video showed the attack on the Belfast street on Monday night, leading conservative political leaders called on the police to reveal the ethnicity of the suspect and the details of the injuries to the victim, described as a man in his 40s.
The BBC reported that a crowd of 100 men kicked in doors and broke windows of homes on a street in east Belfast. Sky News showed footage of a house on fire. London’s Telegraph reported that at least three houses and a Middle Ea
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