Belfast burns after Sudanese migrant arrested in brutal knife attack

A Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding a Belfast man successful 1 oculus during a stabbing onslaught appeared successful court Wednesday arsenic anti-immigrant unrest dispersed crossed Northern Ireland.

Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered to beryllium held successful jailhouse aft appearing by video successful Belfast Magistrates' Court, wherever prosecutors accused him of blinding Stephen Ogilvie successful his near oculus during Monday's attack.

Alodid was charged pinch attempted murder, threatening to termination a radiographer and possessing a knife. He declined legal representation done an Arabic expert and did not participate a plea.

The attack, which occurred soon aft 10:30 p.m. Monday successful northbound Belfast and was captured successful schematic video footage that quickly dispersed online, sparked outrage and fueled demonstrations that turned convulsive overnight. Police said Ogilvie, a man successful his 40s, suffered superior injuries to his face, neck, backmost and eyes, and officers recovered what they judge was a room weapon from nan scene.

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Burned retired cars and boarded up houses connected McMaster Street successful eastbound Belfast aft unit erupted connected Tuesday nighttime connected nan streets pursuing a stabbing onslaught successful nan Kinnaird Avenue residential area adjacent to nan engaged Antrim Road successful nan city, leaving nan unfortunate pinch superior eye, look and backmost wounds. Picture date: Wednesday June 10, 2026. (Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)

Video circulating online appeared to show members of nan nationalist confronting nan attacker, including 1 personification wielding a hurling stick. PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson praised nan bystanders arsenic "heroic," saying their involution helped prevention nan victim's life.

Police said Alodid entered Northern Ireland from nan Republic of Ireland successful 2023, applied for asylum and was granted a five-year licence to remain. Authorities initially identified him arsenic Somali earlier later correcting his nationality to Sudanese.

PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said investigators had "no accusation to propose that this was a terrorist-related incident" and were not seeking further suspects.

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Masked men group occurrence to respective homes they believed housed immigrants pursuing nan incident. They besides burned trash bins, torched a Belfast autobus and threw objects astatine police officers. Firefighters rescued aggregate group from burning homes.

Police said they had declared a captious incident and accrued their beingness crossed Northern Ireland amid concerns astir further unrest.

Police activity astatine nan segment of a stabbing connected Kinnaird Avenue successful northbound Belfast, Northern Ireland, connected June 9, 2026.  (Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images)

Anselme Shima, a Belfast resident primitively from nan Democratic Republic of nan Congo, said he witnessed nan aftermath of nan unrest adjacent his home.

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"I've lived connected my thoroughfare for almost 10 years, I person a bully narration pinch my neighbors, but past nighttime was a horrific one," he told Reuters. "We don't cognize what to do. I'm scared. Seeing this, I'm wondering if I'm next."

First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Fein described nan unrest arsenic "thuggery."

"Groups of masked men burning families retired of their homes is thing little than disgusting cowardice," she said.

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Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly of nan Democratic Unionist Party said that "taking vexation astatine nan evil actions of a personification retired connected those who had nary portion successful it is utterly wrong."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called nan stabbing onslaught "sickening" and condemned unit targeting group because of their background.

Police be nan segment pursuing a stabbing onslaught successful North Belfast connected June 09, 2026 successful Belfast, Northern Ireland.  (Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

"The scenes successful Belfast past nighttime were shocking and wholly unacceptable," Starmer wrote connected X. "There is nary justification for nan unit and upset that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online aliases elsewhere. It is clear that group were targeted past nighttime because of their inheritance and I will not tolerate it."

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The unrest was amplified online by anti-immigration activists, including Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, amended known arsenic Tommy Robinson.

A Glider autobus burns connected Newtownards Road successful eastbound Belfast during an anti-immigration protestation pursuing a stabbing onslaught successful nan city. (Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty Images)

Some politicians said nan stabbing should punctual a reappraisal of nan unfastened separator betwixt Northern Ireland and nan Republic of Ireland, a highly delicate rumor because free activity crossed nan separator is simply a cardinal pillar of nan bid process that mostly ended decades of unit known arsenic "The Troubles." The conflict involving Irish statement and British loyalist militants, arsenic good arsenic U.K. information forces, near astir 3,600 group dormant earlier nan 1998 bid accord.

Much of Tuesday's unrest took spot successful working-class areas wherever erstwhile paramilitary groups proceed to wield influence.

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The lawsuit comes amid ongoing statement successful Britain complete another fatal stabbing that drew nationalist attraction successful Southampton, England, past year.

Freshman student Henry Nowak was stabbed galore times by Vikram Digwa who utilized an 8 inch ceremonial weapon successful December 2025.  (Hampshire Police; Press Association via AP Images)

Henry Nowak, who was White, was killed by Vickrum Digwa, a Sikh man who falsely claimed to constabulary that he had been nan unfortunate of a racist battle by Nowak. Officers initially treated nan wounded Nowak arsenic a fishy earlier recognizing his injuries and attempting to prevention his life.

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Digwa was convicted of execution and sentenced past week to life successful situation pinch a minimum word of 21 years. The lawsuit has fueled debate astir policing and race, and a protestation pursuing nan sidesplitting turned violent, pinch immoderate participants attacking officers pinch chairs and rocks. Several group were later charged pinch convulsive disorder.

Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter and The Associated Press contributed to this report.