🇬🇧 Riots erupt in Belfast after Sudanese man arrested over attempted beheading

A man in his 40s is in serious condition after being attacked on a street in the Kinnaird Avenue area of north Belfast on Monday evening. Video posted online shows a man straddling the victim and repeatedly slashing his face, eyes, neck and back with a kitchen knife. Bystanders intervened to stop the attack. A Sudanese man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The incident triggered calls for protests across Northern Ireland, spreading rapidly on social media. Hundreds of people, many masked, gathered across Belfast on Tuesday night. A bus and multiple vehicles were set on fire, roads were blocked, and smoke rose from several parts of the city as police helicopters circled overhead.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack as "horrific" and "sickening," appealing for calm. Northern Irish police also urged restraint.

This comes a year after more than a week of anti-immigration unrest swept Northern Ireland following the arrest of two Romanian teenagers on rape charges in Ballymena — charges that were subsequently dropped.

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