Anti-Immigration Violence Erupts in Belfast, Targeting Minorities and Foreign Residents
Northern Ireland experienced two days of anti-immigration violence in Belfast, with rioters targeting ethnic minorities and torching property. Police deployed water cannons to quell the unrest following a knife attack.
Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing short of racist thuggery, Britain’s minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water cannon to tackle rioters for a second night. Hilary Benn said there was less disorder on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday night as opposed to Tuesday, when rioters targeted ethnic minorities and foreign residents by torching homes and vehicles following a knife attack for which a Sudanese man has been charged with...