UpdatedPeter Murphy with Joe Jackson in LondonAFP·9 Jun, 2026 08:11 PM4 mins to readEmergency services attend to a bus, set on fire by protesters, on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast, as disorder flared during an anti-immigration demonstration organised in response to Monday night's stabbing attack in the city. Photo / Getty ImagesNorthern Ireland police appealed for calm after a stabbing in Belfast allegedly by a Sudanese suspect and captured in a graphic video prompted calls for anti-immigration protests from UK far-right figures.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, was charged late Tuesday with attempted murder, possession of a bladed