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masked men burning families out of their homes" as "outright thuggery". "The attack in north Belfast was heinous and wrong, but there are dangerous attempts to exploit that to target and attack innocent people
happened outside his constituency office, as "disheartening". [Multiple homes were set alight](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevl9j9y8dmo), including a house on Lendrick Street in east Belfast belonging to a man in his 30s, who said
men gather near a police blockade](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4417e1d5576d7c68775f6bf40b44c384a1bd6c70/566_0_4123_3297/master/4123.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Masked protesters stand at a police blockade keeping them from reaching a hotel previously believed to house migrants. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images Appearing at [Belfast
masked men set bins alight and pushed them into a bus on the Newtownards Road, prompting bus services to be suspended until further notice. Some wore balaclavas and waved flares. The BBC reported hearing several
Belfast. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images Aaron Edwards, a historian and authority on loyalism, said that would be a mistake. “People see this as a lever to pull against race-based violence. But what
masked men setting homes on fire.  A burnt-out building in Glengormley after being targeted during one of the riots
happen](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/durham-pride-trade-unions-beat-reform-funding-axe) when different communities work together – like when trade unions stepped in to replace funding cut by Reform for this year’s Durham Pride, and train drivers marched together with drag queens
happened,” said Zeinab, who requested to withhold her surname. “Unfortunately, it turned out that (the suspect) is of Sudanese nationality. But this is the opposite of what is known about our Sudanese people. They