Sudanese national suspect attempts to behead UK citizen — but police beg public not to share images

An attempted beheading in the Kinnaird Avenue area of North Belfast was thwarted late Monday night after a stick-wielding Good Samaritan and other passersby intervened, giving the attacker a good thwacking.

Although he kept his head, the victim — a citizen in his 40s — was taken to the hospital in serious condition with “significant injuries to his face, neck, and back,” according to a police press release.

‘We do not have to live like this.’

The suspected attacker, a Sudanese national in his 30s whom the Police Service of Northern Ireland initially mistook for a Somali, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He remains in police custody.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said in a statement, “This brutal attack will have sent shock waves through the