Masked rioters in Belfast targeted the homes of migrants on Tuesday night after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder over a “sickening” knife attack.
Protesters set fire to homes, a Middle Eastern supermarket and several vehicles, including a bus and a police car, after ignoring calls for calm.
Footage of the disorder shows infants being carried out of neighbouring houses as flames engulf the properties.
A pastor told the BBC that people were being forced out of their homes “because they’re black”.
The disorder, widely condemned as “thuggery”, broke out after a Sudanese man, 30, was detained over an apparent attempted beheading on Monday night.
Footage shared online appeared to show a knifeman pinning another man to the ground before repeatedly stabbing him in the head on Kinnaird Avenue.
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