BELFAST, June 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-immigrant protesters took to the streets of Belfast on Tuesday, with some setting vehicles alight, after police charged a Sudanese man over a knife attack that left one person with serious neck and head wounds.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack, which took place in north Belfast late on Monday evening, as "sickening". Video of it was shared widely on social media.
The knife attack, which is currently not being treated as terrorism, comes at a time of heightened tensions in Britain following the murder of a student who was handcuffed by police as he lay dying from stab wounds after his killer, a Sikh man, falsely alleged a racist attack.
It also follows repeated protests about immigration, with populist parties saying Britain's asylum policy had allowed dangerous men into the country. There was anti-immigrant rioting in Northern Ireland last year amid anger over an alleged sexual assault.
Masked youths gathered at points across the city, with police responding by deploying armoured vehicles. Protesters set fire to a number of vehicles, including a bus in east Belfast.
The BBC reported that a crowd of 100 men kicked in doors and broke windows of homes on a street in east Belfast. Sky News showed footage of a house on fire.
A few dozen protesters blocked Parliament Square in London.
"I understand that last night's attempted murder will leave people feeling a range of emotions, from fear to anger," Northern Ireland's Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson, who has declared it a "critical incident", told a press conference.
"I appeal for calm and the safety of all of our communities in response to this."
The victim, a man in his 40s, suffered significant injuries to his eyes and slash wounds to his face and back during the "brutal" attack, with a kitchen knife found at the scene, Henderson said.
Footage showed a number of members of the public trying to fight off the attacker before police arrived, and they were credited by senior officers with saving the man's life.
The suspect, a 30-year-old Sudanese national, was charged on Tuesday evening with attempted murder, possession of an article with blade or point in a public place and threats to kill.
He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
Police said it was understood he lived locally, having been granted leave to remain in the UK in September 2023 after claiming asylum. He had travelled to Belfast in February that year by bus from Dublin, having flown there from Paris on an unknown date.
"There is no trace of this suspect on any of our national security databases, and he was not known to the Police Service of Northern Ireland," Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said.
Northern Ireland's main political party leaders jointly condemned the attack, calling it "horrific", and also called for calm, saying disturbances would only damage their communities.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)04:57:16
>>1518925(OP) >Dublin Oh for fucks sake I meant Belfast Christ
>>1518925(OP) >A number of homes could be seen burning in the city on Tuesday evening. Video broadcast by the BBC showed police helping a family escape from a burning house. mediocre white chuds are ruining the world
>>1518925(OP) Are these TLM (Timmy lives matter)protestors?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)10:37:03
>>1518932 >Why are they so violent? The white IRA or UDA/UVF?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)10:49:10
>>1518928 >Dublin >not a beheading Chuds always own themselves to 'own the libs'. Just ask Pete Kegsbreath & JD Weird about Vickrum Digwa who was born in UK An alcoholic and a President of Vice own themselves due to their opinions being proved wrong. Also by Nowak's family not wanting Henry's death 'to be used to create further division'.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)12:10:58
>>1518953 Second gen immigrants are still immigrants. Tell me, how could Vickrum Digwa have killed Henry if his inbred clan didn't immigrate to UK in the first place?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)12:47:27
>Henry Nowak's family not wanting his death 'to be used to create further division' >those with wrong opinions using someone's death to create further division >inbred clan But enough about Pete Kegsbreath, JD Weird and those such as 1518959
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:02:49
>>1518962 This problem is much bigger than Henry, his family's wishes are irrelevant. He is not the first and pro-migration libtards like his family will make sure he is not the last.
Btw, where was the "remain calm" and "respect the family's wishes" during the violent George Floyd protests from Two Tier Kier?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:06:19
>>1518925(OP) >The BBC reported that a crowd of 100 men Oh no not 100 men!
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:07:25
>his family's wishes are irrelevant The conclusive proof that rightards are inferior subhumans, or never were human in the first place, because a normal sane human would never so much as think of saying this. 1518963 is irrelevant and its wrong opinions go straight into the trash.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:11:09
>George Floyd Protests: May 2020 - May 2023 Btw, when was the general election which got Keir Starmer elected as PM, 1518963?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:17:27
>>1518964 This. Who gives a shit what 100 radicalized racists think? They don't even have enough people to form a political party.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:20:28
>>1518964 It's honestly hard to deal with 100 men at the same time, just ask your mom.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:22:03
>>1518965 Serious question, do you actually think the opinion of one victim's family is more important than the thousands of victims to mass-migration? Stop trying to use his family as a political tool, it's disgusting.
I bet you think Digwa should go free because white people deserves to get murdered, right? I also bet you jerk off to the rape videos created by the Pakistani grooming gangs against white girls. Fucking inbred libtard.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:24:31
>Serious question >his family's wishes are irrelevant The duality of the hypocrite.
Show me when he knelt for Henry, or the guy that just had his eyes gouged out and was almost decapitated, which this thread is about.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:26:48
>>1518972 Libtards avoiding the question, what a surprise.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:27:58
>Stop trying to use his family as a political tool, it's disgusting >what Pete Kegsbreath & JD Weird said >his family's wishes are irrelevant The duality of the hypocrite.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:28:38
>>1518971 Nope. It's bigger than him. It's about control over one's country. >>1518973 He deserves and incendiary device if he doesn't at least try to kneel.
>Keir Starmer had no political influence between May 2020 - May 2023 >Btw, when was the general election which got Keir Starmer elected as PM, 1518963? Rightards avoiding the question, what a surprise.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:40:17
>>1518980 Has he even taken a knee for black-on-white violence? Like 9/11, 7/7, Oct 7 attacks, Paris attacks, Pakistani grooming gangs, etc.?
No, but one black crackhead dies of an overdose 4000 miles away and he goes down on his knees faster than your mom when she sees an unsucked dick.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:43:25
>>1518925(OP) >Picture is of a White guy saying that he won't chimp out because White people don't do that Not sure that theme really fits here
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:48:22
>>1518982 To be fair, this is Irland. So they aren't really white.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:53:38
>rightard now avoiding the question >rightard accuses others of avoiding the question >any excuse, especially by being reduced to deflection, projection & whataboutism. Also, hypocrisy >deflection >projection >the OP article about an attack not on Henry Nowak, but reduced to deflection by needing to mention him despite what his family wishes: what only a hypocrite is reduced to doing >his family's wishes are irrelevant >Stop trying to use his family as a political tool, it's disgusting Accusations are Admissions.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)13:59:15
>>1518984 >Criticizes the use of Henry's family as a political talking point >Deliberately avoids talking about the awful death of Henry or his family's political views and instead focus on the wider societal issue >Libtards: "Hurr durr rightard hypocrisy, when did keir starmer get elected? stop avoiding the question hurr durr!!"
And you libtards were the ones who brought up Henry in the first place. God, libtards are such low IQ mongrels.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)14:08:52
>Henry or his family's political views Which weren't mentioned or Henry's family would have said 'Use his awful death for your own political ends, everyone!' But his family never wished that. Certainly not (quote) to be used to create further division. >his family's wishes are irrelevant God, rightards are such low IQ mongrel hypocrites. Want to prove 'libtards' wrong? Never mention Henry Nowak and/or Iryna Zarutska in this or any other thread in /news/ again in perpetuity, if you won't, neither will they. Mention Henry Nowak in this thread again - I certainly won't after this post - and the only one proved wrong will be yourself, 1518986.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)14:21:07
>if you reply to me that makes me right teehee!"
Yup, that's about the level of intellectual debate I expect from libtards.
>But his family never wished that
Keir Starmer hid behind Henry's family to avoid talking about the effects of mass-migration, black-on-white violence epidemic, and two tier policing in the UK.
And if you try to talk about it you are accused of "disrespecting his family's wishes", like you are doing right now, just like the sock puppet they want you to be. The problem is much bigger than Henry. And it's so obvious that libtards would like nothing more than to sweep Henry under the rug and never talk about him or any white victims of immigrant violence ever again.
>Want to prove 'libtards' wrong? Never mention Henry Nowak and/or Iryna Zarutska
I didn't. You brought up Henry initially and now you brought up Iryna. Even when you move the goalpost you still lose, man it must suck to be a low IQ libtard.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)14:39:13
>>1518990 Are you correct, even if true? What do these posts even do for you? Is this just a "I must have the last word post?" If so, have it. You need it since you have nothing else.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)14:57:55
>>1518994 >Is this just a "I must have the last word post?" paid esl shill
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)15:04:18
>>1518995 >esl >shill Funny, because that calls you out here >>1518827 You have such a sad little life.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)15:33:10
>>1518988 >>1518990 >>1518994 liggers on /news/ are just anti-white in general. Everyone should learn from this exchange, no, this exchange should be PINNED at the top of the board.
They literally argue that it's his fault for being stabbed because "WELL, HECKIN' LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED (2-3 years maybe more) AGO" like this doesn't flip on its head when they enter the Karmelo thread literally right above/below this one. Then they argue semantics like "REPLY TO ME AND I WIN" and pretend they didn't just justify murder entirely based on circumstances they pretend aren't real when entering the other thread.
They're all just anti-white. White man doesn't cross his T's and dot his I's? Deserved stabbing. Every time.
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)15:51:17
>>1518997 The Confederacy was founded to foster interracial democracy and create a nation forged of non-whites.
You're making Robert E Lee and the rest of the south roll in their graves with your racism. Do Better.