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Belfast riots trigger renewed scrutiny over loyalist paramilitary influence As the [racially motivated violence](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/11/how-the-belfast-stabbing-was-the-spark-to-a-fuse-loaded-with-grievance-and-provocation) unfolded in Northern Ireland this week, a striking dissonanace could be seenbehind the mobs and flames and smoke
Reaction to the attack, and the alleged attacker's ethnicity, prompted protests on Tuesday evening in many parts of Northern Ireland. Groups of masked men set fire to houses, a bus and cars, mostly