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Appeal issued about claims officers advised nurses to show ID to masked men

Police said no-one had yet made direct contact making such allegations, but urged those who may have experienced it to get in contact.

Evening Standard

O’Neill urges probe into claim police advised nurses to show IDs to masked gangs

Stormont’s First Minister said she had contacted PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher about the allegation.

Evening Standard

Belfast family ‘traumatised’ after rioters tried to burn down house as children slept in their beds

Anti-immigration violence erupted on Tuesday night as homes and businesses were targeted

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Belfast stabbing suspect in court after 'terrifying' night of violence

BELFAST - Burnt-out cars and smashed windows littered Belfast streets on Wednesday as a Sudanese man appeared in court over a brutal knife attack that triggered "terrifying" violence against immigrants in Northern Ireland.

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Wave of racist disorder condemned as Belfast knife attack suspect faces court

Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old Sudanese man, has been remanded in custody charged with attempted murder.

Evening Standard

Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing

BELFAST - Anti-immigration protesters torched buildings and vehicles in Belfast on Tuesday evening and blocked roads, a day after a stabbing allegedly by a Sudanese refugee, captured in a graphic video that shocked the country.

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Leaders call for calm as violence flares following Belfast knife attack

A man arrested on suspicion of the Belfast knife attack has been charged with attempted murder.

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Hadi Alodid: Man charged over Belfast stabbing was asylum seeker who came to UK from Sudan

Hadi Alodid has been charged with attempted murder after the knife attack on Monday night

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Bus set alight by masked protesters as police dealing with ‘pockets of disorder’

A 30-year-old Sudanese man arrested in connection with the knife attack has been charged with attempted murder.

Evening Standard

Common Travel Area must ‘not be exploited for ill purposes’ – Long

Naomi Long was speaking after it emerged the suspect in the Belfast knife attack entered Northern Ireland from the Republic.

Evening Standard

Appeals for calm as social media stokes tensions after Belfast attack

A Sudanese man who was given leave to remain in the UK until 2028 has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

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Families ‘stockpiling food in homes amid fear of race hate incidents’

Northern Ireland Policing Board member Peter Osborne said some ethnic minorities are ‘anxious and fearful of what’s going to happen’ this summer.

Evening Standard

Legacy proposals will fail unless PSNI is funded to meet demand, says Boutcher

The Government’s new Troubles Bill to deal with the past in Northern Ireland includes a proposal for a reformed Legacy Commission.

Evening Standard

Two police officers dismissed over ‘abhorrent and dismissive’ behaviour

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said the PSNI is ‘demonstrating very clearly a no-tolerance approach to any misconduct or inappropriate behaviours’.

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Devolution in Northern Ireland has been ‘disastrous’ – Police Federation chief

Liam Kelly went on to claim London and Belfast are ‘passing the parcel of blame in a game of unedifying brinkmanship’.

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Chief constable says political ‘sniping’ over support for police must end

Jon Boutcher urged party leaders to ‘come together to advocate for policing together’.

Evening Standard

PSNI doing everything it can to ‘root out’ misogyny in force – Jon Boutcher

The Chief Constable updated the Policing Board following the publication of an independent review into the death of showjumper Katie Simpson in 2020.

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Supporting PSNI ‘must be unequivocal’, says Justice Minister

Naomi Long was speaking after Chief Constable Jon Boutcher called for all political parties to show support for police.

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The Independent UK

Belfast police station car bomb was ‘an attack on all of us’, says police chief

First Minister Michelle O’Neill, deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly, and PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher jointly condemned a car bomb attack on Dunmurry police station. The trio, alongside Northern Ireland Policing Board chairman Brendan Mullan, held a press conference on Monday morning to denounce the incident. The attack, which occurred…

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Lurgan bomb attempt ‘timely reminder’ of terror threat to police – Jon Boutcher

He condemned those who carried out the attack as ‘cowards’ and said dissident republican groups ‘have no support and nothing to offer’.

Evening Standard

PSNI chief raises concerns over capacity to deal with violence against women

Jon Boutcher also told MPs there is currently an acceptance in society of misogyny which he has never seen before.

Evening Standard

Full probe into sex claims against ex-officer ‘essential’ for public trust

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher welcomed the investigation being carried out by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard

Concern over lowest percentage of Catholic applicants to PSNI in a decade

SDLP MLA Colin McGrath urged intervention to stop further decline.

The Independent UK

More than 4,000 apply to join PSNI in latest recruitment campaign

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher hailed the numbers at a time when the service is under-strength.

Evening Standard

Westminster committee urges Government to formally name Stakeknife

The Army’s former spy within the IRA was widely believed to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, who was 77 when he died in 2023.

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