Water cannon fired in latest disorder after Belfast knife attack

Riot police came under sustained attack from a group throwing bricks, bottles and pieces of wood at a major roundabout to the north-west of Belfast.

‘Pure racism’: East Belfast reels from riots led by masked young men

Torched homes are a painful throwback to the Troubles that Northern Ireland is seeking to leave behind

United Kingdom faces new night of riots in Belfast following stabbing incident

After a Sudanese man stabbed a Northern Irish man, dozens of masked men targeted homes occupied by people of immigrant origin. As in recent similar episodes, far-right activists are exploiting the incident and amplifying it on social media.

How the Belfast stabbing was the spark to a fuse loaded with grievance and provocation

Politicians, social media and far-right agitators convinced people that migrant-targeting violence would solve all their problems Within minutes of the footage going online – of a Black man stabbing a white man – there was a sense of inexorability to what came next in Northern Ireland. The grievances, the social media platforms, the politicians’ doublespeak and the international cheerleaders all provided a fuse. On Monday night came the spark. Continue reading...

By Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Police blast water cannons at protesters amid unrest over stabbing in Belfast

Protesters in Northern Ireland set small fires and hurled bricks and bottles at the police during a second night of violence over a stabbing in Belfast. The incident sparked anti-immigrant violence.

By The Associated Press

‘Thuggery’: Belfast police fire water cannon at anti-immigration protests

Far-right anti-immigration demonstrations in Northern Ireland turn violent for a second night after stabbing attack.

Why Belfast is burning | About That

Violent unrest rippled out across Belfast after video surfaced allegedly showing a Sudanese refugee repeatedly stabbing a 30-year-old man in the Northern Ireland capital. Andrew Chang breaks down how the attack unfolded and explains how social media posts played a role in stoking anti-immigrant protests, which forced several people from their burning homes. (Photo credits: The Canadian Press, Reuters, Adobe Stock and Getty Images)

Police fire water cannon in Belfast as stabbing sparks second night of unrest

Police blasted water cannons at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence Wednesday over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street. Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed pavements with sledgehammers to toss at riot police. In one place, the unruly crowd used sections of a dismantled picket fence to take cover on the street. The clashes with police came several hours...

By Associated Press

Voices: After Belfast, Reform UK has shamed itself once again

Editorial: The party is so desperate to fend off the threat from Rupert Lowe’s insurgent Restore Britain that it has squandered a chance to unequivocally condemn violence for the sake of wrong-headed rhetoric

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Protests erupt after brutal knife attack in Northern Ireland

Second night of public disorder sees water cannon deployed in Belfast

Twenty-seven people have been made homeless as a result of the unrest, which broke out following protests over a knife attack that left a man seriously injured

By Sarah Burns

'Poor guy is terrified': Indian man chased by protestors amid Belfast riots

A local saved the Indian man who was being chased by protestors amid Belfast riots.

The far right are stoking the violence in Belfast

The violence of the past two days cannot be separated from the online world it spawned from

By Paul Reilly

Hero who tackled Belfast knifeman with hurley is ‘glad’ he intervened

Over £25,000 has been raised for man via a GoFundMe that has drawn support from all over the world

By Harriette Boucher

Victim's family 'disgusted' by disorder as PSNI attacked

Northern Ireland saw a second night of unrest with police using water cannons on protesters, as the Belfast stabbing attack victim's family said they were "disgusted" by the disorder.

Northern Irish police use water cannon on second night of protests

Restaurants and businesses shuttered in the center of Belfast, schools closed and public transport shut down amid fears of a repeat of Tuesday night's riots.

Shin Bet investigates haredi protests amid concerns over threats to government sites - report

The Shin Bet is investigating haredi anti-conscription protests after multiple disruptive incidents, amid concerns that future demonstrations could threaten government sites or officials.

Northern Ireland: Knife attack victim's family calls for calm as unrest continues

Police deployed hundreds of extra officers as violence spread across Northern Ireland overnight.

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Twelve officers injured in second night of unrest in Northern Ireland, US carries out further strikes against Iran, and World Cup starts today

After Horrific Belfast Migrant Knife Attack, U.K. Officials Think The Problem Is X

After Horrific Belfast Migrant Knife Attack, U.K. Officials Think The Problem Is X Authored by Monica Showalter via American Thinker, Northern Ireland went up in flames as angry Irish mobs rioted in the streets and burned down publicly funded migrant housing complexes last night. The spark that set it off was a migrant who tried to behead a resident. This is the attack in living color, which was posted on X: Tekijä: Hadi Alodid, sudanilainen turvapaikanhakija Video tapahtunees...

By Tyler Durden

Second day of protests in Belfast following the attempted by an illegal immigrant

The victim lost his left eye and remains hospitalized in stable condition The post Second day of protests in Belfast following the attempted by an illegal immigrant appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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