Anti-immigration protesters set fire to buildings and vehicles and blocked roads in Belfast following a stabbing incident allegedly involving a Sudanese refugee. The protests saw hundreds of masked individuals gather across the city, leading to evacuations and significant property damage.

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...