Northern Ireland: Police urge calm after 'sickening' Belfast stabbing
Key takeaways
- Belfast police appealed for calm after a violent knife attack caught on videophone prompted calls for anti-immigration protests.
- They also called for calm from the public amid calls from far-right figures for anti-migration protests, a year after a week of rioting shook Northern Ireland following the alleged attempted rape of a schoolgirl.
- Northern Ireland's Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson declared Monday night's crime a "critical incident" but said investigators had found no indications of a terrorist motive as yet.
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Belfast police appealed for calm after a violent knife attack caught on videophone prompted calls for anti-immigration protests. This followed a week of migration-related riots last June in Northern Ireland.
https://p.dw.com/p/5F5wa Police were still securing the scene in North Belfast on Tuesday Image: Peter Morrison/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement Police in Northern Ireland said they had arrested a Sudanesenational over a knife attack that left one person with serious wounds and is currently being treated as attempted murder but not a suspected act of terrorism.
They also called for calm from the public amid calls from far-right figures for anti-migration protests, a year after a week of rioting shook Northern Ireland following the alleged attempted rape of a schoolgirl.