Police in Belfast urge residents to remain calm after a knife attack that is described by multiple outlets as “sickening” and “barbaric.” Reports say the incident is captured on a graphic video that circulates online, contributing to calls in Northern Ireland for anti-immigration protests. Several outlets note that UK far-right figures and related groups use the footage to argue for street demonstrations, and anti-immigration protests break out in the city following the attack. Northern Ireland’s political leaders and police both call for restraint and public order, emphasizing the need to avoid inflaming tensions.
France 24 says the stabbing is allegedly carried out by a Sudanese suspect, while other reports focus more generally on the attack and its video coverage. Deutsche Welle and other outlets also link the current unrest to the broader backdrop of migration-related riots that took place in Northern Ireland last June. Across sources, the central themes are the police appeal for calm and the emergence of protest calls following the stabbing and its viral video.
