{"id":84495,"date":"2026-06-09T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brutal-stabbing-attack-in-belfast-sparks-calls-for-anti-immigration-protests-in-northern-ireland\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T15:43:29","slug":"brutal-stabbing-attack-in-belfast-sparks-calls-for-anti-immigration-protests-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/brutal-stabbing-attack-in-belfast-sparks-calls-for-anti-immigration-protests-in-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Brutal stabbing attack in Belfast sparks calls for anti-immigration protests in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Northern Ireland police said Tuesday they had detained a man over what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer branded a &#8220;sickening&#8221; stabbing attack in Belfast. Graphic video of the incident was shared online by figures on the far right of British politics, who have called for mass anti-immigration protests.<\/p>\n<p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) identified the suspect as a Sudanese man in his 30s, after initially saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psni.police.uk\/latest-news\/man-injured-following-attempted-murder-north-belfast-remains-serious-condition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he was believed to be Somali<\/a>. The police said a kitchen knife was found at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted online shows a man straddling another man lying in a street and slashing him several times in the head and neck with a knife in what appears to have been an attempted beheading. Several people are seen intervening and tackling the perpetrator as police officers arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for demonstrations across Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening quickly gained steam online. Numerous social media accounts urged people to come out and &#8220;protest against mass immigration into their communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/09\/47efc3d9-7e8c-427f-8385-c4318c5d82e9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bc64e90beb853f307a1627588e1d0138\/belfast-stabbing-2280689868.jpg#\" alt=\"Scene Of Serious Stabbing In North Belfast \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/09\/47efc3d9-7e8c-427f-8385-c4318c5d82e9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/bc64e90beb853f307a1627588e1d0138\/belfast-stabbing-2280689868.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/06\/09\/47efc3d9-7e8c-427f-8385-c4318c5d82e9\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/681bcac7103c3308b1c0fda6f6791e42\/belfast-stabbing-2280689868.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Forensic police investigate the scene of a stabbing attack in North Belfast, June 9, 2026 in Northern Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Charles McQuillan\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stabbing came a year after <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland-riots-ballymena-racism-hate-fueled-acts-target-foreigners\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">racially-motivated riots<\/a><\/span> rocked Northern Ireland following a sexual assault, and a week after far-right led protests over the way police responded to a young white <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-henry-nowak-vikrum-digwa-murder-police-protests-far-right-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">student who had been fatally stabbed<\/a><\/span> by a British Sikh man in southern England.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer called Monday&#8217;s attack in Belfast &#8220;horrific&#8221; and &#8220;sickening.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Keir_Starmer\/status\/2064273082580140525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said on X<\/a>. &#8220;My thoughts are first and foremost with the victim, and I thank the first responders, including members of the public who intervened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Police say no info yet to suggest terrorism<\/h2>\n<p>The Northern Ireland police said the suspect in the Belfast stabbing was detained on suspicion of attempted murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim, a man in his 40s, was in serious condition in a local hospital after sustaining serious slash wounds to his face, eyes, neck and back, the police said.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the PSNI had declared the &#8220;deeply concerning assault&#8221; a &#8220;critical incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have commenced an investigation to establish a motive,&#8221; he said, adding that the &#8220;brutal attack will have sent shockwaves through the community, causing real concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, we have no information to suggest that this was a terrorist-related incident,&#8221; Hennderson said. He stressed that the investigation was just beginning, however.<\/p>\n<h2>Pleas for calm as police &#8220;aware of calls&#8221; for mass protests<\/h2>\n<p>The leaders of Northern Ireland&#8217;s five main political parties issued a joint statement condemning the attack, saying &#8220;there is no place in our society for this kind of brutality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call for calm and for space to allow justice to take its course,&#8221; the parties said.<\/p>\n<p>The political leaders and police urged people not to share the video of the attack, saying its &#8220;graphic nature would only serve to retraumatize those involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Robinson, a member of the British parliament from the pro-U.K. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), said in parliament that the suspect was in the U.K. on a five-year visa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What occurred last night will have profound implications for community cohesion in this country,&#8221; Robinson said, urging the government to &#8220;recognize that uncontrolled immigration needs to end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Henderson said he was &#8220;aware of speculation in relation to the suspect&#8217;s immigration status,&#8221; adding that he had spoken with colleagues from the U.K. Home Office and his understanding was that &#8220;the individual was given leave to remain in Northern Ireland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the Home Office would be &#8220;confirming the exact details&#8221; in the coming days, and that he understood the individual came into Northern Ireland from Dublin, Ireland, before gaining permission to remain in the semi-autonomous U.K. region.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. authorities have not yet confirmed the suspect&#8217;s immigration status.<\/p>\n<p>Immigration has become a fiercely contested issue in British politics. Widespread anger over a perceived lack of control over who is able to enter and remain in the U.K., and how immigrants and longtime residents are treated by authorities, has helped fuel a rise of anti-immigration parties in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>Leading far-right figures in Britain, including anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the name Tommy Robinson, were among those to circulate the video of the Belfast attack and call for protests.<\/p>\n<p>Some accounts posted locations for protests planned later on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Henderson, the deputy police chief, said he was &#8220;aware of calls this evening for protest activity across Northern Ireland.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I understand that last night&#8217;s attempted murder will leave people feeling a range of emotions, from fear to anger,&#8221; he said, adding an appeal for calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland saw more than a week of riots and disorder last June after two Romanian teenagers were charged with the attempted rape of a schoolgirl in Ballymena, northwest of Belfast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those charges were later dropped, with prosecutors citing a lack of evidence, but anti-immigrant violence had already spread to other towns in Northern Ireland, with dozens of houses attacked and some residents opting to display &#8220;locals live here&#8221; signs in windows in a bid to deter rioters.<\/p>\n<p>Mainland Britain also saw tense clashes between police and protesters at anti-immigration demonstrations last year, including some around hotels being used to house asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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