Published on
11/06/2026 - 9:21 GMT+2
Police deployed a water cannon against protesters in Northern Ireland on Wednesday as violence continued following a knife attack in Belfast earlier this week.
Anti-immigration demonstrators, many dressed in black and wearing masks, gathered for a second night, hurling bricks and bottles at officers and setting vehicles and bins alight despite pleas for calm from authorities.
Disorder broke out across Northern Ireland and Scotland on Tuesday night after graphic video footage emerged of the attack. It showed a man straddling another man in the middle of a street as he slashed at his face and neck with a knife before a group intervened.
