The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack in Belfast calls for calm after the incident triggers overnight anti-immigrant violence. Multiple reports say masked men attacked families and homes, with properties reportedly burned and vehicles torched. The unrest follows the knife attack, which escalates tensions and results in retaliatory or related attacks targeting ethnic minorities.
In related legal proceedings, a Sudanese man appears in court charged with attempted murder connected to the knife attack. Political and official responses follow the violence: the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and figures in Northern Ireland condemn the attacks, describing them as carried out by “masked thugs” and emphasizing that ethnic minorities are targeted.
The victim’s family asks the public to remain calm as investigations continue and court proceedings proceed against the accused. Authorities have not, in the reports provided, detailed the full scale of arrests or charges beyond the attempted murder allegation.
