Belfast (AFP) – Belfast steeled itself Wednesday for a second night of violence directed at immigrants in Northern Ireland, unrest that authorities say is being stoked by far-right activists on social media.
Issued on: 10/06/2026 - 16:38
Several schools closed and businesses shut early after a Sudanese man appeared in court over a brutal knife attack that triggered Tuesday evening's unrest in the British province's capital.
Police were bolstering their presence after masked rioters torched vehicles and buildings, forcing families to flee their homes, in scenes that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer branded "shocking and completely unacceptable".
The violence, which spread to Scotland, comes as tensions in the UK are already high. There were skirmishes in southern England last week over the police handling of the murder of a white student by a British Sikh man.
