BELFAST: The family of a man who lost an eye in a knife attack appealed for calm on Wednesday after the incident triggered a wave of anti-immigrant violence in Belfast overnight, with masked men burning families out of their homes and torching vehicles. The appeal came as a Sudanese man appeared in court charged with attempted murder and as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and politicians in Northern Ireland condemned the violence by “masked thugs” that had targeted ethnic minorities.

U.K. leaders have called for calm after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of a stabbing in Belfast sparked anti-immigration protests

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

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

Riots erupted in Belfast after a man was charged with attempted murder following a knife attack. Protesters set vehicles ablaze, including a bus. Police deployed armoured vehicles…