Belfast attack latest: Extra police brought onto streets as victim’s family warn tragedy shouldn’t ‘fuel hostility’
Following a stabbing in Belfast that left victim Stephen Ogilvie partially blinded, protests erupted with homes set alight and clashes with police. Authorities deployed an additional 200 officers to the streets to prevent further disorder. The victim's family called for calm, emphasizing migrants' contributions and urging that the tragedy not be used to fuel hostility.
- ▪Two hundred extra police officers were dispatched to Belfast after violent protests involving arson and clashes with law enforcement.
- ▪Stephen Ogilvie, the stabbing victim, lost an eye in the attack and his family publicly condemned the unrest.
- ▪Suspect Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese asylum seeker, appeared in magistrates' court charged with attempted murder, threats to kill an NHS radiographer, and possession of a knife, and was remanded in custody for four weeks.
- ▪The victim's family stressed that migrants make a valuable contribution to Northern Ireland and urged that the incident not be used to divide communities.
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