Politicians have condemned the violence that broke out in Belfast following a knife attack in the city. People were forced to flee their homes and multiple cars and homes were set alight in the disorder on Tuesday that followed Monday’s knife attack in the north of the city.A 30-year-old man has been remanded in custody at Belfast Magistrates’ Court for four weeks after being charged with the attempted stabbing murder.The Sudanese national was also charged with possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place and making threats to kill.Following widespread condemnation of the incident, anti-immigration demonstrations took place across Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening, with a number descending into disorder.A Glider bus was set alight in east Belfast, prompting all bus and train services to be suspended.In Lendrick Street in Belfast, several cars were set alight and Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) officers had to remove some residents from houses after they caught fire.A number of houses and vehicles were set on fire near the Ligoniel Road area of Belfast and a police car was set alight in Portadown.A two-month-old baby was rescued during the violence in Belfast on Tuesday night, the chief constable of the PSNI has said.Jon Boutcher told BBC’s Good Morning Ulster: “Last night we rescued so many families.“Taking families – a baby as young as two months – out of their address to safety, taking them to police stations.”He added: “And by the way, these weren’t just families from ethnic minority communities, these were families from across communities that were caught up in this vile behaviour last night.“There is absolutely no excuse for it.“And I do just want to say very specifically a huge thank you to all of the officers of the PSNI last night who again stood in harm’s way to try to keep people safe, and the ambulance service and the fire service, (who) were remarkable in doing everything that they could to make sure that we kept any disruption or any risk to people to an absolute minimum.”Vehicles set on fire on Lendrick Street in Belfast. Photograph: PA/PA Wire