{"id":1505,"date":"2026-06-09T19:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T19:39:24","slug":"northern-ireland-police-appeal-for-calm-after-barbaric-knife-attack-sparks-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1505","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland police appeal for calm after &#8216;barbaric&#8217; knife attack sparks anger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>BELFAST, June 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Police in Northern Ireland appealed for calm after arresting a Sudanese man on Tuesday over a knife \u200cattack that left one person in a serious condition and prompted calls online for protest.<\/div>\n<div>British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the incident as &#8220;sickening&#8221; after video of the attack, which took place in north Belfast late on Monday evening, was shared widely on social media.<\/div>\n<div>The incident, which is \u200bcurrently not being treated as terrorism, comes at a time of heightened tensions in Britain following the murder of \u200ba student who was handcuffed by police as he lay dying from stab wounds after his \u2060killer, a Sikh man, falsely alleged a racist attack.<\/div>\n<div>It also follows repeated protests about immigration, with populist parties saying Britain&#8217;s \u200basylum policy had allowed dangerous men into the country. Northern Ireland saw anti-immigrant rioting last year amid anger over an alleged \u200bsexual assault.<\/div>\n<h2>SERIOUS INJURIES<\/h2>\n<div>&#8220;I understand that last night&#8217;s attempted murder will leave people feeling a range of emotions, from fear to anger,&#8221; Northern Ireland&#8217;s Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson, who has declared it a &#8220;critical incident&#8221;, told a press conference.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I appeal for calm and the safety of all of \u200bour communities in response to this.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>He said the victim, a man in his 40s, suffered significant injuries to his eyes \u200band slash wounds to his face and back during the &#8220;brutal&#8221; attack, with a kitchen knife found at the scene.<\/div>\n<div>Footage showed a number of \u200cmembers of \u2060the public trying to fight off the attacker before police arrived, and they were credited by senior officers with saving the man&#8217;s life.<\/div>\n<div>The suspect, a 30-year-old Sudanese national, has been detained on suspicion of attempted murder.<\/div>\n<div>Police said it was understood he lived locally, having been granted leave to remain in the UK in September 2023 after claiming asylum. He had travelled to Belfast \u200bin February that year by \u200bbus from Dublin, having \u2060flown there from Paris on an unknown date.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;There is no trace of this suspect on any of our national security databases, and he was not known to the Police Service of \u200bNorthern Ireland,&#8221; Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said.<\/div>\n<div>Northern Ireland&#8217;s main political party leaders jointly condemned the \u200battack, calling it &#8220;horrific&#8221;, and also called \u2060for calm, saying disturbances would only damage their communities.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Last night&#8217;s attack in North Belfast was horrific and shocking. Many people are feeling angry, and many people are feeling deeply distressed,&#8221; First Minister Michelle O&#8217;Neill told reporters.<\/div>\n<div>A widely shared post on Facebook and WhatsApp has called for \u2060protests on \u200bTuesday evening, and in response police have promised an increased presence across the \u200bregion.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Nobody, nobody in Northern Ireland wants to see a repeat of the disorder that we have seen in recent years,&#8221; Henderson said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1503\">ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1501\">No boots, masks running out: why Congo\u2019s Ebola medics are exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1497\">NASA taps US, Italian astronauts for Artemis mission with SpaceX, Blue Origin mooncraft<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Northern Ireland appealed for calm after arresting a Sudanese man on Tuesday over a knife \u200cattack that left one person in a serious condition and prompted calls online for protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern Ireland police appeal for calm after &#039;barbaric&#039; 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