Man Believed to Be Somali Arrested for Attempted Murder in Belfast Knife Attack

‘We’ve woken up to truly barbaric footage on a street in Belfast,” said Reform’s shadow chancellor Robert Jenrick.
Man Believed to Be Somali Arrested for Attempted Murder in Belfast Knife Attack
A PSNI road policing officer flags down oncoming drivers during a random drink driving checkpoint in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in this file photo from Dec. 21, 2016. Liam McBurney/PA Wire
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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said that a man believed to be Somali has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knife attack in Belfast left another man seriously injured in what authorities have described as a “critical incident.”

In the footage, shared widely online, a black male is seen repeatedly stabbing a blood-drenched white man, cutting into his head and eyes and shouting in what appears to be a foreign language as horrified members of the public shout for help while screaming that the attacker is trying to “cut his head off.”

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Owen Evans is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in civil liberties and free speech.