Homes set alight in Belfast anti-immigrant protests after ‘brutal’ knife attack
Key takeaways
- A number of homes could be seen burning in the city on Tuesday evening.
- “There can be no excuse and no justification for these attacks tonight,” O’Neill said in a statement. “Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice.”
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the initial knife attack, which took place in north Belfast late on Monday evening, as “sickening”.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize BELFAST: Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast in a wave of anti-immigrant violence on Tuesday night after a Sudanese man was charged over a knife attack, Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill said.
Hundreds of protesters, many with their faces covered, attacked police and burned vehicles in a number of locations across Northern Ireland after a video of the knife attack, which left one person with serious neck and head wounds, went viral.
A number of homes could be seen burning in the city on Tuesday evening. Video broadcast by the BBC showed police helping a family escape from a burning house.