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target a nearby hotel that was believed to host migrants. These anti-immigration protests, some of which turned violent, started on Tuesday in response to a knife attack. Sudanese 30-year-old **Hadi Alodid
Belfast city hall, failed to materialise on Wednesday evening. A protest at Stormont, the seat of the devolved government, drew several dozen people and passed off peacefully. Many of the protesters at the Sandyknowes roundabout
Belfast. Locals from ethnic minorities were targeted in what one [Northern Ireland MP called “a race-based pogrom”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/jun/10/belfast-riots-knife-attack-northern-ireland-sdlp-keir-starmer-kemi-badenoch-pmqs-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6a29079a8f0863b3a980631b#block-6a29079a8f0863b3a980631b). Keir Starmer vowed on Wednesday to crack down on anyone fuelling such divisions
Belfast street. Sudanese asylum seekerHadi Alodid has been charged with his attempted murder. Horrific footage of the bloodied attacker straddling his victim circulated on social media, and was seized on by far-right agitators
target particular communities after reports that protests were planned. Protesters in black hoodies, some wearing masks, torched a bus in east Belfast, and cars and trash bins were set ablaze as groups gathered in other
Belfast, Northern Ireland, after a [knife attack](/news/2026/6/10/protesters-torch-cars-buildings-in-belfast-after-knife-attack) allegedly perpetrated by a Sudanese refugee left the country on edge. Hundreds of protesters, many masked, blocked roads and torched cars and buildings on Tuesday evening
hotel](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr47x99k5n6t?post=asset%3A082dc1c4-72a7-4474-a488-7c8b427045ed#post) which houses asylum seekers. There have been protests elsewhere in Northern Ireland but they have been largely peaceful. In east Belfast, where there was major trouble on Tuesday, about 150 people