Violence erupted in Belfast on Tuesday night after protests against immigration in response to a stabbing attack that was captured in a graphic video.
Police charged a 30-year-old asylum seeker from Sudan with attempted murder in connection with an attack in north Belfast on Monday night that left a man critically injured and prompted widespread condemnation. The suspect is to appear at Belfast magistrates court on Wednesday.
Crowds, including people in masks and hoods, burned vehicles and properties in various locations across the city hours after Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson and other agitators called for demonstrations.
In one flare-up near Shankill Road in Belfast, a group stormed a home that appeared to be occupied by a family from an ethnic minority background, claiming to be “liberating” it.
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