Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on.

Police were called to the scene of a stabbing in Kinnaird Avenue, north Belfast, at around 10.30pm on Monday – a man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries and a suspect…

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says officers were sent to Kinnaird Avenue, Belfast, at approximately 10.30pm on Monday, as video of the vicious attack was shared on…

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Man believed to be from Sudan arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn thanked those who tried to stop the attack, saying ‘you showed the very best of humanity’

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Police say a Sudanese man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a "brutal" knife attack in Belfast.

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.

Maitiu Mág Tighearnán was armed only with a wooden stick when he led a trio of members of the public who tried to rescue the attacker's victim from certain death.

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

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

Details of the horrific assault, which took place on Kinnaird Avenue in northern Belfast at around 10.30pm, were released after graphic footage of the attack was shared online.

Moments after the blade glinted in the street lights, three brave residents rushed the attacker as horrified residents and passers-by looked on.

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.