An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder, sparking violent protests against migration with masked activists setting fire to a bus.

Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) were called to Kinnaird Avenue in the north of the city at around 10.30pm on Monday.

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An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder, sparking violent protests against migration with masked activists setting fire to a bus.

A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration.

A Sudanese man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing attack left a man fighting for his life, setting off a political storm over crime and migration.

A Sudanese immigrant was arrested after attempting to behead a man in the middle of the street in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Police confirmed the arrested man, in his 30s, is a Sudanese refugee.

A gruesome video on social media shows the alleged attacker, a Sudanese asylum seeker, pinning the victim down and repeatedly stabbing him around the head.

The police have charged a man with attempted murder after the stabbing in north Belfast left a man with horrific injuries amid protests. | World News

The 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after the knife attack on Monday night

A bystander filmed the crime on Monday night, in which a Sudanese immigrant straddled and tried to behead a man with a kitchen knife.

Hundreds of protesters, many masked, gathered on the outskirts of Belfast on Wednesday, leading to clashes with police.

Masked youths gathered at points across the city, with police responding by deploying armoured vehicles. Protesters set fire to a number of vehicles, including a bus.

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Rioting and protests have erupted again across the UK after the brutal knife attack on a man by a Sudanese asylum-seeker in the Northern Irish capital this week.

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