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Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing

Anti-immigration protesters set fire to buildings and vehicles and blocked roads in Belfast on Tuesday evening. This unrest followed a stabbing incident that occurred the previous day, allegedly committed by a Sudanese refugee.

Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-10 · 00:12 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
Protesters torch buildings and vehicles, block roads over Belfast stabbing
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Anti-immigration protesters set fire to buildings and vehicles and blocked roads in Belfast on Tuesday evening. This unrest followed a stabbing incident that occurred the previous day, allegedly committed by a Sudanese refugee. Hundreds of masked protesters gathered at multiple locations across the city. A bus and several cars were ignited, and a building near the city center caught fire, necessitating the evacuation of its residents. One resident reported that fires began in bins around 7:30 pm, accompanied by the sound of police sirens.

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A building near the city centre caught fire, requiring resident evacuation.

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A bus and several cars were set alight during the protests.

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Protesters blocked roads in Belfast.

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Anti-immigration protesters torched buildings and vehicles in Belfast.

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The protests occurred after a stabbing allegedly by a Sudanese refugee.

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Anti-immigration Protesters torched Buildings and Vehicles in Belfast on Tuesday evening and blocked Roads, a day after a Stabbing allegedly by a Sudanese refugee, captured in a graphic video that shocked the country.Hundreds of Protesters, many masked, gathered at several locations across Belfast. A bus and several cars were set alight, while a building fringing the city centre caught fire and its residents had to be evacuated.“By 7.30pm they started [a] fire in the bins … we heard police cars and sirens,” said one resident, Eemran, an engineer of Indian origin who has been living in Belfast for slightly over a year.
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