A Sudanese asylum seeker told police 'I've killed someone' after allegedly stabbing a man in the Belfast knife attack, a court heard today. Hadi Alodid was arrested after Stephen Ogilvie, who is in his 40s, lost his left eye when he was attacked on a residential street at around 10.30pm on Monday. The 30-year-old has been charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife, as well as a separate charge of making threats to kill an NHS radiographer. Alodid said 'I've killed someone, I don't know if they are dead' while in hospital receiving treatment for a hand injury after Mr Ogilvie was attacked. He then said to a medic: 'I will kill you', a detective told Belfast Magistrates' Court.The suspect, who lived in the same block of flats as the victim, appeared via videolink and was remanded in custody for four weeks. He refused to have a lawyer and made no reply to the charges, which were put to him through an Arabic interpreter.The detective told the court that police found the defendant holding a knife and sitting on top of Mr Ogilvie, who has lost his left eye and has sustained deep cuts to his head, face and back.Alodid was refused bail after the detective told the court he had an 'unpredictable' nature and feared his release would lead to 'significant public disorder' due to 'strong public feeling' about the incident.District Judge Stephen Keown said the risks of granting him bail were 'far too great' and would be 'unmanageable by any bail conditions'. He is next due to appear in court in four weeks' time.Meanwhile, Mr Ogilvie's family said they were 'completely devastated' by what had happened and called for calm. In a statement posted on the Facebook page of DUP MLA Phillip Brett, they said: 'We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack. 'We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward. 'We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work.' Hadi Alodid appeared in court via videolink and was charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife, as well as a separate charge of making threats to kill an NHS radiographerThe court heard that police found the defendant holding a knife and sitting on top of victim Stephen Ogilvie Lendrick Street in Belfast was engulfed in flames last night during rioting following the stabbing Burnt-out cars and houses pictured this morning on Lendrick Street A bus on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast was one of the first targets to be set alight The burnt-out shell of the Glider bus this morning Mr Ogilvie lost his left eye in the attack and has sustained deep cuts to his head, face and backThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) previously revealed details on the suspect's immigration status and how he travelled to the UK.Alodid entered Northern Ireland across the Irish border in February 2023 having flown to Dublin from Paris.He claimed asylum upon arrival and in September 2023 was granted leave to remain in the UK until 2028.The PSNI launched a 'critical incident' in response to the attack on Monday which was captured on video and appears to show a man stabbing at the victim's head and neck while he was lying on the ground.The clip shows onlookers, including one with a hurling stick, intervening to stop the attack in the Kinnaird Avenue residential area close to the busy Antrim Road in north Belfast. A kitchen knife was recovered from the scene.Houses, cars, a bus and a supermarket were set alight as parts of Belfast descended into chaos last night, with some suggestions that non-white residents were deliberately targeted by some of the fires.Northern Ireland's First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, condemned the 'outright thuggery', saying that 'groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice'. A two-month-old baby was among those rescued.Sir Keir Starmer has said the disorder in Belfast was 'shocking and completely unacceptable', adding that he would 'not tolerate' violence against people 'because of their background'.Protesters gathered on the streets across Belfast long before dark last night following rallying cries on social media, ignoring police pleas for calm. Just before 8pm, masked men dressed in black pushed burning bins up against a bus, setting it ablaze and sending thick smoke into the sky. Houses and cars were also later set alight alongside a Middle Eastern supermarket.Footage of the chaos shows infants being carried out of neighbouring houses as flames engulf the properties.Pastor Jack McKee, at one such scene on Crumlin Road, in the city's north, told BBC News that residents were being hounded from their homes 'because they're black'. In east Belfast, Lendrick Road was swallowed up by flames. Jamie Corry, who has lived there for 13 years, watched in horror as his house was 'completely' destroyed by thugs, alongside 'sentimental' items belonging to his late father. 'I came out that door and I told them: 'This is my property, this is my property here,' and then they started to light the red car up,' he said.'So once I saw the flames starting to get bigger and bigger, I moved away from my property, I moved down the street there and watched it all. The next minute the cars started to explode, the doors started smoking, the windows started melting, and the next thing the house was going to go up on fire.'In the Lower Newtownards Road area, around 100 masked men made their way down the street kicking in doors and smashing windows, saying they were 'getting the foreigners out', the BBC reported.It was also reported that groups of locals had set up checkpoints and were checking passing cars for foreign nationals.The dramatic scenes began unfolding at around 8pm, soon after crowds started gathering, when protesters pushed a flaming bin into a Glider bus on the Newtownards Road, burning it to a cinder.Police vehicles also came under attack from bricks and vandals climbing on top of them, and at least one was set on fire.Around 20 miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, a Turkish barber shop was attacked, with its front door and windows smashed in.The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it attended 62 incidents, mainly in the Greater Belfast area. A car that was burnt by rioters on Lendrick Street in the east of the city A young man smiles at the camera in front of a burning barricade on Duncairn Gardens A house burns in east Belfast - one of several set on fire during the course of the evening Another shot of Lendrick Street, where one of the flaming cars has been turned onto its side Protesters attack a police vehicle on Sandy Row in BelfastPSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher condemned the violence as 'self-harm by mindless idiots'.And writing on X, Sir Keir Starmer said rioters would 'feel the full force of the law'. He added: 'The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable.'There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere. It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it.'Those responsible will feel the full force of the law. I've spoken to the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to convey my thanks to them and the frontline emergency services for their bravery in keeping people safe.'I've also spoken to the First Minister and Deputy First Minister to discuss the ongoing situation. Appealing for calm must be the priority, and that is what I urge now. We must let the police get on with their work.'Anti-immigrant protests also took place in several other cities around the UK on Tuesday night, including London, Glasgow, and Southampton.PSNI assistant chief constable Ryan Henderson warned that disorder 'damages communities, damages local businesses and brings young people into the criminal justice system when they shouldn't be'. The chaos was later met with strong words from Ms O'Neill, who said: 'This has nothing to do with community. This is 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 who are simply trying to live, work and raise their families here.'She added that racism, intimidation and violence were wrong wherever it occurred. 'There can be no excuse and no justification for these attacks tonight. No one wants to see this on our streets and I again appeal for calm,' she said.Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly reiterated that 'violence does not advance any cause, it damages it', adding: 'Destroying things within your own community benefits no one.'Meanwhile, Northern Ireland's former first minister Arlene Foster said the 'genuine fears' in working class communities about immigration risks had been 'overshadowed' by the riots. Fire crews worked into the night to subdue fires burning at several sites around the city A masked protester prepares to throw a brick at police on York Road in North BelfastFar-Right agitator Tommy Robinson and X owner Elon Musk urged people to take to the streets of Britain and demonstrate. Labour chairman Anna Turley said Mr Musk and his platform had played a role in driving the violent unrest. Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long said 'bad-faith' actors stoking racial tensions on social media should 'step away from their keyboards', adding: 'If you weren't interested in Northern Ireland on Sunday, you don't need to show interest in Northern Ireland today.'Speaking on BBC Breakfast today, Ms Long said: 'Let us get on with the job of trying to bring calm to our streets, of trying to rebuild our community, of reassuring both people who live in North Belfast and across Belfast.'She added: 'We recognise in Northern Ireland that immigration is a vexed issue, and there is a conversation that we can have rationally and logically about that, but there are others who weaponize it to stir up racial tensions, to stir up division in communities.'The horrific street stabbing on Monday night prompted calls for a review of border security measures deployed under the so-called Common Travel Area, or CTA, which encompasses the UK, Northern Ireland and the Republic.Officers have said they did not believe the attack was related to terrorism.Earlier, following repeated questions about the suspect's immigration status, Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher confirmed the alleged knifeman had travelled from Sudan to Paris and then on to Dublin, before taking a bus into the UK in February 2023.Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'The CTA means the UK relies on the Republic of Ireland to secure its border, and any weakness in the Irish border is also a weakness in ours.'Clearly, a lot more must be done to prevent the CTA operating as a backdoor to the UK for illegal immigrants. We need a review into border security measures in the interests of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.' Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said he did not know the answer to the 'legitimate question' of how the suspect arrived in the country Michelle O'Neill condemned the 'outright thuggery' on Belfast's streetsUnder the CTA, a key part of the Good Friday Agreement, there are typically no checks on travellers between the Republic and Northern Ireland, nor any on journeys to mainland Britain.David Wood, the Home Office's director of immigration enforcement until 2015, said: 'The CTA has always been a weakness and on some days we used to find that there were no checks at all being conducted at Dublin airport.'Anyone arriving in the Republic can be in London, Manchester or wherever they want to be within a day or two.'The CTA is an abused route and it's always been an abused route.'A 2010 assessment by the UK's Cross Border Organised Crime Group concluded that 'Ireland can be used as a back door to gain access to the United Kingdom and vice versa'.The following year, a report by then Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine urged the Home Office to 'strengthen' measures to prevent abuse of the CTA.Northern Ireland's Justice Minister, Naomi Long, said yesterday: 'What we don't want on either side of the border is to see the CTA being exploited for ill purposes.'Home Office sources said there was no record of the suspect being in the UK before 2023. Horror unfolded at around 10.30pm on Monday night in Kinnaird Avenue, north Belfast, a majority Roman Catholic area.