Anti-immigration protests break out in Belfast after knife attack
Key takeaways
- Northern Ireland’s political leaders call for calm after a knife attack led to anti-immigration protests in the capital.
- Hundreds of protesters, many of them masked, gathered at several locations across Belfast on Tuesday evening.
- Police helicopters patrolled above the city, and shops closed early.
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Northern Ireland’s political leaders call for calm after a knife attack led to anti-immigration protests in the capital.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Protesters set vehicles on fire on Lendrick Street in Belfast. [PA Images via Getty Images]By AFP and APPublished On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026Anti-immigration protesters have torched buildings and vehicles in the capital of Northern Ireland, a day after a knife attack was captured in a graphic video.
Hundreds of protesters, many of them masked, gathered at several locations across Belfast on Tuesday evening. A bus and several cars were set alight, while a building on the edge of the city centre caught fire and its residents had to be evacuated.