00:00The streets of Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, were the scene of a violent wave of anti-immigration protests
00:08carried out by far-right groups.
00:10Hundreds of mass rioters set fire to homes and vehicles and attacked police forces amid a climate of panic triggered
00:17by the arrest of a 30-year-old Sudanese national.
00:20He is being held in pretrial detention and charges of attempted murder with a knife against a 40-year-old
00:27man.
00:27The emergency mobilized unprecedented resources. Firefighters received 256 calls.
00:34RUCA readouts 62 operations on the ground and required 21 additional units to extinguish the fires.
00:40In this context, UK Prime Minister Kerry Starmer condemned the events, stating that there is no justification for violence and
00:48disorder.
00:49Likewise, Justice Minister Naomi Long described the attacks as the very definition of racism.
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