00:01UK leaders are calling for calm after the stabbing of a man in Belfast sparked violent anti-immigration protests where
00:08people torched buildings and vehicles and blocked roads.
00:12A Sudanese man was arrested on Tuesday in relation to the stabbing attack that was captured in a graphic video
00:18that shocked the country.
00:22As anti-immigration figures, including Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, demanded details about the attacker's background, the Interior Ministry confirmed
00:30he was a Sudanese asylum seeker.
00:32Northern Ireland's leaders urged people not to incite hate and fear or target particular communities after reports emerged that protests
00:40were planned.
00:42Tensions were already high in Britain after violent skirmishes last week in Southampton over the police handling of the murder
00:48of Henry Novak, a young white student stabbed to death by a British Sikh man.
00:54Tech billionaire Elon Musk chimed in again on social media following the attack in Belfast, retweeting a post by far
01:01-right activist Tommy Robinson.
01:03UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had previously accused Musk of fueling division in Britain over his comments on Novak's murder.
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