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BELFAST: Thousands of people on Saturday gathered for an anti-racism rally in the Northern Irish city of Belfast after unrest sparked by a horrific stabbing.
Protesters carried placards with slogans such as “Hate is the only threat to our streets” and “Belfast stands against racism”. The city saw two nights of disorder after video of Monday night’s knife attack — which showed a man straddling another lying in the street, slashing him with a knife — went viral across social media platforms.
A Sudanese man on Wednesday appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie, who remains in hospital. Belfast mayor Rois-Maire Donnelly told the crowd a small minority could not be allowed to “spread fear... and hatred”, adding that she had received death threats this week.
Riots seen as lingering scars of decades of sectarian unrest
