Belfast residents on night of unrest

Belfast residents share their thoughts and experiences after another night of violence in Northern Ireland, amid a wave of anti-immigration protests where homes and cars were burnt on the street.

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Hundreds of protesters, many with their faces covered, attacked police and committed violence after a video of a knife attack, allegedly perpetrated by a Sudanese man, went viral.

Anselme Shima, a Belfast resident originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, expressed his fears for his own family, while Reverend Brian Anderson described the scenes as taking him back to "the Troubles".

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