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Belfast after a second night of violent anti-immigration protests, in which 16 people were arrested and 12 police officers were injured. Hilary Benn said during the violence, which followed a serious knife attack
anti-immigration protests, some of which turned violent, started on Tuesday in response to a knife attack. Sudanese 30-year-old **Hadi Alodid**, of Duncairn Avenue, [Belfast](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/belfast), was charged with the attempted
anti-immigration violence](/news/2026/6/10/why-has-belfast-erupted-in-anti-immigrant-violence-after-a-knife-attack) in the capital, Belfast. The return of unrest to the province, which suffered decades of sectarian violence before a peace deal was reached in the 1990s, has provoked deep concern. Benn