The Sudanese Belfast knife attack suspect was a policeman in Khartoum before he travelled to the UK through the asylum 'back door', friends have revealed.

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.

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.

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

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

British prime minister Keir Starmer’s office urged calm on Tuesday after police announced the arrest of a Sudanese suspect in connection with a stabbing in a residential area of…