As social media fuels racist hysteria and business closures following a brutal Belfast stabbing, we must reject targeted division and unite to protect our fragile peace.

A knife attack in Northern Ireland horrified onlookers on Monday night, sending a man to hospital in serious condition and raising tensions in the United Kingdom at a time when…

As social media fuels racist hysteria and business closures following a brutal Belfast stabbing, we must reject targeted division and unite to protect our fragile peace.

Northern Ireland police appealed for calm Tuesday after a stabbing in Belfast by a Sudanese suspect, captured in a graphic video, prompted calls for anti-immigration protests from…

Police appeal for calm as graphic video of a Belfast stabbing attack fuels calls for anti-immigration protests in Northern Ireland.

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Attack was filmed and shared online prompting Elon Musk and others to call for anti-immigration protests

Belfast police appealed for calm after a violent knife attack caught on videophone prompted calls for anti-immigration protests. This followed a week of migration-related riots…

The stabbing has fuelled unrest and warnings against using one crime to target broader communities.

People who know nothing of my city and have probably never been here are using what’s happening to their own advantage, writes Amanda Ferguson in Belfast

A Belfast knife attack has become a right-wing social media clarion call to protest against immigration.

Northern Ireland’s justice minister says online ‘bad faith actors’ have incited racism in city after knife attack

Violence erupted across Belfast on Tuesday night after anti-immigration demonstrations were organized in response to a brutal knife attack that left a local man seriously injured.…

Ministers have blamed far-right online agitators for stoking racial tension following a stabbing.

While brave bystanders ran to help a stabbing victim, online hate-mongers used the tragedy to spark a race-based pogrom. We cannot let a violent minority destroy Belfast's peace.

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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…

UK authorities say the initial unrest was stoked by far-right activists on social media after a brutal Belfast stabbing.

Politicians and law enforcement officials in Northern Ireland appealed for calm on Wednesday after a night of anti-immigrant rioting forced people from their homes.

UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is ‘racist thuggery’ as ethnic minorities are targeted.

UK minister says violence in Northern Ireland is ‘racist thuggery’ as ethnic minorities are targeted.