A knife attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has sparked violent riots fueled by anti-migrant rhetoric

U.K. officials hope to avoid a repeat of last summer’s anti-immigrant violence.

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…

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…