00:01Police deployed a water cannon against protesters in Belfast late on Wednesday
00:06as violence continued for a second night over a knife attack earlier this week.
00:11The clashes started after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with the attack
00:16that left the victims seriously injured, triggering anti-immigration violence.
00:20Protests were encouraged online by far-right activists
00:24and the street violence erupted despite politicians' calls for calm.
00:28I didn't come out last night when I heard it.
00:31I just didn't want to see it all again.
00:34It's just sad. It's never going to end.
00:37It's just another excuse, you know, to come and wreck the place.
00:42It just thugs. They really are. That's all it is.
00:46The family of Stephen O'Gilvie, the victim of Monday night's stabbing,
00:50also appealed for calm and warned against using the tragedy to divide people or fuel hostility.
00:56They also shared their belief that migrants make valuable contributions to the country.
01:01Firefighters rescued several people from burning houses
01:04and more than two dozen people were left homeless, authorities said.
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