An African migrant was arrested in Northern Ireland on Monday after allegedly attempting to behead a British national in Belfast. Locals incensed by the news of yet another savage crime committed on camera by a foreign suspect — this time a Sudanese national who entered Northern Ireland via the Republic of Ireland in 2023 — took to the streets in protest.
While there were initially peaceful demonstrations, things quickly went sideways.
‘Politicians aren’t listening.’
On Tuesday evening, multitudes of young men wearing masks and clad in black clashed with police, pelted migrant housing complexes with rocks, and torched several buildings and vehicles. There was “significant rioting” in the streets of Belfast again on Wednesday, where police liberally used nonlethal rounds and powerful water cannons — never before deployed
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