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Anti-Immigrant Violence Enters Second Night in Belfast

Anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland entered a second night on Wednesday as police deployed water cannons to disperse crowds following disorder linked to a recent knife attack that left a man seriously injured.

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Violence erupted in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast, where protesters threw objects at police vehicles. Officers responded with water cannons as they sought to maintain public order.

Homes and Vehicles Set Alight

The latest disturbances followed a night of unrest across Belfast and other areas, during which masked rioters set fire to homes, vehicles and barricades. Several families were forced to leave their properties as violence spread through affected neighborhoods.

Political leaders said ethnic minority residents were among those targeted. Local pastor Jack McKee told the BBC that members of his congregation had suffered attacks on their homes, with windows smashed and nearby properties burned.

Authorities increased security measures ahead of further demonstrations. Some schools in Belfast closed early, while public transport services were scheduled to end earlier than usual. Police deployed an additional 200 officers across the region.

The disorder left two police officers injured on Tuesday night and heightened fears among minority communities. Residents reported concerns about safety, including incidents of racist abuse directed at children.

Knife Attack Sparks Tensions

The protests followed the charging of 30-year-old Sudanese national Hadi Alodid with attempted murder after a knife attack in Belfast that was filmed and widely shared online.

The victim, Stephen Ogilvie, suffered severe injuries, including the loss of his left eye, according to evidence presented in court. He also sustained injuries to his other eye, back and face. Alodid appeared in court on Wednesday charged with attempted murder, threats to kill and possession of a knife. He was denied bail.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack as "horrific."

Ogilvie's family appealed for calm, urging people not to use the incident to promote division or hostility. They said peaceful protest was the only acceptable response and emphasized the positive contribution migrants make to British society.

Online Activity Under Scrutiny

Police warned that social media activity had contributed to rising tensions. Officers described the circulation of apparent lists containing residential addresses as "completely unacceptable" and said those sharing personal information intended to endanger others could face criminal investigation.

Anti-immigration activists and right-wing social media accounts amplified calls for demonstrations following the attack. Among those commenting online was Elon Musk, who reposted calls for protests.

Northern Ireland Justice Minister Naomi Long accused online figures of exploiting public anger to advance anti-immigration narratives. First Minister Michelle O'Neill condemned the violence, describing it as racism and intimidation.

Wider Concerns Across Britain

Smaller demonstrations were also reported in other parts of the United Kingdom, including Glasgow, London and Bangor. Police in Glasgow said two officers and three members of the public were injured, with some victims allegedly targeted because of their ethnicity.

Police said Alodid entered Ireland from France in February 2023, sought asylum and was granted permission to remain in the UK until 2028. Authorities said he was legally residing in Northern Ireland and that there is currently no evidence linking the knife attack to terrorism.

The unrest comes amid broader concerns about racial tensions and anti-immigration rhetoric across Britain, with officials warning that online platforms are increasingly being used to spread hatred and encourage violence.

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JonnyF Star Member

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It's a real shame it came to this.

Starmers so spectacularly inept and tone deaf that he's managed to unite loyalists and republicans against his government.

Lets hope cool heads prevail and there is no more violence because if muscle memory starts to kick in we could return to the bad old days in NI and nobody wants that.

Emdog Platinum Member

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So the mobs were protesting lack of law and order by attacking police, burning houses, burning cars, assaulting people? It's a strange old world.

JonnyF Star Member

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15 minutes ago, Emdog said:

So the mobs were protesting lack of law and order by attacking police, burning houses, burning cars, assaulting people?

Don't think they were, mate.

James105 Platinum Member

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23 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A bunch of racist thugs. ALL violence should be condemned.

This and previous governments have ignored every democratic vote over the last few decades, every petition, every peaceful protest, every lobbying action from elected politicians who were against open borders. It looks like the government might be starting to listen now as they have just announced £3.7bn of extra funding to tackle immigration enforcement in their panic as a result of the violence.

I'd condemn it if literally any of the democratic, peaceful options that have been used countless times over the last few decades had made even a modicum of difference, but I'm not sure what other option people have now. What do you suggest people do to protect their daughters from a government that is actively importing the danger, putting that danger in their communities and then consistently attempting to cover it up on a regular basis?

Smokey and the Bandit Gold Member

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37 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A bunch of racist thugs. ALL violence should be condemned.

Yes, but Politicians only have themselves to blame for the Belfast riots!

Smokey and the Bandit Gold Member

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6 minutes ago, James105 said:

This and previous governments have ignored every democratic vote over the last few decades, every petition, every peaceful protest, every lobbying action from elected politicians who were against open borders. It looks like the government might be starting to listen now as they have just announced £3.7bn of extra funding to tackle immigration enforcement in their panic as a result of the violence.

I'd condemn it if literally any of the democratic, peaceful options that have been used countless times over the last few decades had made even a modicum of difference, but I'm not sure what other option people have now. What do you suggest people do to protect their daughters from a government that is actively importing the danger, putting that danger in their communities and then consistently attempting to cover it up on a regular basis?

Totally agree.

Nobody voted to allow all these asylum seekers, legal and illegal into the UK, then when they get there instead of being grateful, they attempt to kill people!

impulse Star Member

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So the mobs were protesting lack of law and order by attacking police, burning houses, burning cars, assaulting people? It's a strange old world.

That's not what they're protesting. Not even close.

Scouse123 Ruby Member

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1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

A bunch of racist thugs. ALL violence should be condemned.

You can condemn all you wish, poke a dog with a stick continuously, and you will get a reaction that you don't want.

And that is what's happening.

Mass immigration, illegal migration being ignored, swept under the carpet by a government that has no guts whatsoever.

Condemning violence and the like, and silly parliament words of' 'Our thoughts are with the families', isn't going to put this fire out.

Scouse123 Ruby Member

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1 hour ago, Emdog said:

So the mobs were protesting lack of law and order by attacking police, burning houses, burning cars, assaulting people? It's a strange old world.

Are we reading the same news?

Or are you making it up as you go along?

baansgr Platinum Member

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Some great footage on X and elsewhere of doctors and engineers being forced out of their tax payer funded houses before being torched. Maybe they will get the message...you ain't wanted here, go home

stevenl Star Member

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2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

It's a real shame it came to this.

Starmers so spectacularly inept and tone deaf that he's managed to unite loyalists and republicans against his government.

Lets hope cool heads prevail and there is no more violence because if muscle memory starts to kick in we could return to the bad old days in NI and nobody wants that.

That's a very poor excuse for domestic terrorism.

JonnyF Star Member

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52 minutes ago, stevenl said:

That's a very poor excuse for domestic terrorism.

Domestic terrorism?

Otherwise known as "mostly peaceful protests" when blm do it.

rocketboy2 Gold Member

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This guy has a good take on it all.

VocalNeal Star Member

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4 hours ago, koolkarl said:

You mean anti muslim violence. It is about time they woke up.

Why would Hadi Alodid who is from a different sect chose to live and commit a crime in a city famous for having a history of sectarianism?

HuaHinNew Senior Member

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Well, all these global issues impacting every country’s citizen in the world can be attributed to one entity.

POLITICIANS

They are all guilty and responsible for their decisions that they have made to destroy their countries from within.

Sigmund Gold Member

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Not just a northen ireland issue, but these justified protests and violence will spread like wildfire all over western europe where the people are just fed up with their governance giving it all to the illegals and asylum seekers. Take the Ukrainians for instance. Nothing against them in special but they get miraclous funding from western european nations, when these very nations are neglecting their own or like the UK, stopping to pay government pensions to their own people living outside Europe. No wonder people end up in voting for madmen like Trump.

Roadsternut Gold Member

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20 hours ago, Emdog said:

So the mobs were protesting lack of law and order by attacking police, burning houses, burning cars, assaulting people? It's a strange old world.

Even more, they are "Loyalist" protesting a man who was gruesomely attacked would was gruesomely attacked 20 years ago by Loyalists.

What you are seeing is not protests calling for the police to impose more law and order, but actions ordered by C-Company of the UDA to assert who is in control of East Belfast, and its not the Crown. When I lived and worked over there, a euphemism used by both sides was Community Justice; it was used to exclude what was once the RUC, later the PSNI, from certain areas.

What community justice would look like:

2 car thieves were caught red handed by cop in a North Belfast shopping centre carpark. They were a pair of catholic lads. They were duly delivered to an East Belfast street corner, and the cops announced to the locals which traditions they belonged to. Anyone who knows Belfast will know what East Belfast is like. The lads were beaten black and blue, multiple fractures. Car thefts stopped. Was justice served, or mob rule?

A protestant car thief was caught, not by the police, near Dunmurry. There was no handing him over to the other side. He was found literally nailed to a farm gate.

Someone eyed up a girl in a West Belfast bar. Problem was the girl already had a boyfriend. The would be Lothario was taken to the top floor of one of the Divis blocks, and they shot him through both knees. To drive home the point, the gunmen disabled the lift and blocked the stairwell with a shopping trolley. Then they called for an ambulance, which was jolly decent of them. The delay in the crew getting to the man meant they were unable to save one of his legs. Community justice at work.

Roadsternut Gold Member

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8 hours ago, Sigmund said:

Not just a northen ireland issue, but these justified protests and violence will spread like wildfire all over western europe where the people are just fed up with their governance giving it all to the illegals and asylum seekers. Take the Ukrainians for instance. Nothing against them in special but they get miraclous funding from western european nations, when these very nations are neglecting their own or like the UK, stopping to pay government pensions to their own people living outside Europe. No wonder people end up in voting for madmen like Trump.

You don't understand Northern Ireland. Hijacking and torching buses is a national hobby there. No one in the UK cares whether pensioners boozing it up in Pattaya get a full pension or not.

No one in Europe riots like they do in Belfast.

You might have missed the outcome of the Hungarian election,where Orban, who camapaigned on an anti-immigrant, anti-Europe line, got booted out.

Roadsternut Gold Member

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8 hours ago, HuaHinNew said:

Well, all these global issues impacting every country’s citizen in the world can be attributed to one entity.

POLITICIANS

They are all guilty and responsible for their decisions that they have made to destroy their countries from within.

Elon Musk's grandad was an anti-politician politician. He was a Canadian who campaigned as a Technocrat. Technocrats believe that elections are unnecessary if you put experts in charge. In WW2, the Canadian government became a bit suspicious of him and threw him in prison for a bit because he failed to be sufficiently anti-Nazi.

Post-WW2, he saw what was happening in South Africa, and liked what he saw in the new laws that essentially enabled Apartheid, and moved his entire family over there, including Elon's mum. But before he left, he wrote a few articles blaming the Jews, and picked up where he left off in his new paradise. Years later, Elon, after deciding South Africa wasn't the paradise for his people, and because of a sudden urge to avoid military service, decided he was actually a Canadian after all, and moved to Canada.

Now he's telling everyone that their failures in life can be attributed to politicians, and that in fact, experts like him, can sort things out, when he's on the ketamine.

JonnyF Star Member

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On 6/11/2026 at 1:22 PM, VocalNeal said:

Why would Hadi Alodid who is from a different sect chose to live and commit a crime in a city famous for having a history of sectarianism?

I think you are overestimating the IQ of the savage.

bannork Star Member

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Thousands gather for anti-racism rally in Belfast after disorder

The "Together Against Hate" rally started at about 13:00 at Belfast City Hall.

The protest was organised by the group United Against Racism. The group has said up to 20,000 people attended.

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The event in Belfast started with the crowd chanting: "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here. Who is Belfast? We are Belfast."

Sympathy was also extended to the victim of last week's knife attack in north Belfast before Speaker Ivanka Antova, the chair of United Against Racism Belfast turned to the trouble over the past few days.

"The whole world watched Belfast in horror," she said.

"There is nothing legitimate about racist pogroms, and racism has no place in our city."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20ygdde4djo

brewsterbudgen Star Member

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5 hours ago, bannork said:
Thousands gather for anti-racism rally in Belfast after disorder

The "Together Against Hate" rally started at about 13:00 at Belfast City Hall.

The protest was organised by the group United Against Racism. The group has said up to 20,000 people attended.

c1e00280-673f-11f1-b4c1-47ccd10ce929.png.webp

The event in Belfast started with the crowd chanting: "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here. Who is Belfast? We are Belfast."

Sympathy was also extended to the victim of last week's knife attack in north Belfast before Speaker Ivanka Antova, the chair of United Against Racism Belfast turned to the trouble over the past few days.

"The whole world watched Belfast in horror," she said.

"There is nothing legitimate about racist pogroms, and racism has no place in our city."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20ygdde4djo

Good to see. The 'silent majority' speaking up. 👏

stevenl Star Member

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6 hours ago, bannork said:
Thousands gather for anti-racism rally in Belfast after disorder

The "Together Against Hate" rally started at about 13:00 at Belfast City Hall.

The protest was organised by the group United Against Racism. The group has said up to 20,000 people attended.

c1e00280-673f-11f1-b4c1-47ccd10ce929.png.webp

The event in Belfast started with the crowd chanting: "Say it loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here. Who is Belfast? We are Belfast."

Sympathy was also extended to the victim of last week's knife attack in north Belfast before Speaker Ivanka Antova, the chair of United Against Racism Belfast turned to the trouble over the past few days.

"The whole world watched Belfast in horror," she said.

"There is nothing legitimate about racist pogroms, and racism has no place in our city."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20ygdde4djo

A thumbs down, someone apparently doesn't like it when people voice their opinion peacefully.

James105 Platinum Member

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1 hour ago, stevenl said:

A thumbs down, someone apparently doesn't like it when people voice their opinion peacefully.

The person this illegal immigrant attempted to behead has now lost his sight in both eyes after having his eyes gauged out during the savage attack. He was already hard of hearing so now he is deaf and completely blind. Do you ever stop to think that you are on the wrong side here?

bannork Star Member

bannork

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1 hour ago, James105 said:

The person this illegal immigrant attempted to behead has now lost his sight in both eyes after having his eyes gauged out during the savage attack. He was already hard of hearing so now he is deaf and completely blind. Do you ever stop to think that you are on the wrong side here?

Nobody is doubting the horror of the crime and the urgent need to screen and ban certain migrants.

But that doesn't mean you go door to door burning down people's houses and attacking anyone who is not white.

stevenl Star Member

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2 hours ago, James105 said:

The person this illegal immigrant attempted to behead has now lost his sight in both eyes after having his eyes gauged out during the savage attack. He was already hard of hearing so now he is deaf and completely blind. Do you ever stop to think that you are on the wrong side here?

Which has nothing to do with my post.

SiSePuede419 Platinum Member

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No surprise.

In early modern Europe—plague, famine, war, and weak institutions—created fertile ground for mass hysteria.

Y'all burned women alive.

Mass hysteria.

Today you're handling the current insecurity of economic strain and rapid social change...

By burning immigrants alive.

Mass hysteria.

same-o-same-o, budder diff-rent! 😄

NO MUNNY NO HUNNY

RITCH IMIGRANS ONDLY

BarraMarra Ruby Member

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13 minutes ago, bannork said:

Nobody is doubting the horror of the crime and the urgent need to screen and ban certain migrants.

But that doesn't mean you go door to door burning down people's houses and attacking anyone who is not white.

Remind us what the kkk was about and who they targeted. So before you start trying to tell us brits to stop rioting look at your own backyard.

bannork Star Member

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4 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

Remind us what the kkk was about and who they targeted. So before you start trying to tell us brits to stop rioting look at your own backyard.

Eh up Jack. I grew up in Yorkshire, lad. Salt of the earth an all that..

BarraMarra Ruby Member

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23 minutes ago, bannork said:

Eh up Jack. I grew up in Yorkshire, lad. Salt of the earth an all that..

It was aimed at the yanks on here trying to sort out our prblems with the illegal invaders and Racist comments.

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