{"id":2613395,"date":"2026-06-11T11:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belfast-police-warn-of-further-violence-after-attempted-beheading\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:49:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:49:01","slug":"belfast-police-warn-of-further-violence-after-attempted-beheading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belfast-police-warn-of-further-violence-after-attempted-beheading\/","title":{"rendered":"Belfast police warn of further violence after attempted beheading"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbelfast-police-warn-of-further-violence-after-attempted-beheading%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2613395&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4602274\/nigel-farage-curb-immigration-unrest-belfast-beheading\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4602274\">Violence in Belfast<\/a>, United Kingdom, continued for another night into Thursday over the attempted beheading of a local by a Sudanese immigrant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Masked crowds clad in black marched out again on Wednesday night into Thursday, where they encountered a far more concerted police response than on previous nights. In contrast to the lackluster response the night before, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"401\">riot police<\/a> backed by fleets of armored cars confronted the crowds, who hurled masonry, bricks, fireworks, and Molotov cocktails at them. Police responded with water cannons and rubber bullets, crowd control methods that are mostly rare in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"547\">the U.K.<\/a><\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4601249\/border-patrol-arrests-in-florida-quietly-surge\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Border Patrol arrests in Florida quietly surge<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4602810\/ice-delaney-hall-detention-facility-arrests-30-some-from-colorado-washington\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ICE Delaney Hall detention facility arrests top 30, including from Colorado, Washington<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4602869\/actblue-ceo-pleads-the-fifth\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>ActBlue CEO pleads the Fifth during congressional questioning about foreign donations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Police Service of Northern Ireland leaned on their formations of armored cars, battle-tested in previous bouts of sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants, to keep the riots in check.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the police out in force, Wednesday night\u2019s violence was focused between formations of rioters and riot police, lasting well into the night. Rioters smashed up sidewalks with sledgehammers to hurl bricks at police lines. Others aimed lasers directly at officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, 12 police officers were wounded, and 18 rioters were arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police Federation of Northern Ireland Chairman Liam Kelly denounced the rioters as \u201cviolent racist and fascist lawbreakers\u201d and \u201cbullies\u201d who offered nothing but \u201chopelessness and mindless thuggery.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kelly said London was deploying 200 additional officers to cope with the surge in violence, but complained this was still short of the \u201c700 officers below where we should be and some 1,200 short of the 7,500 that was promised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police\u2019s use of water cannons is somewhat controversial, as they have never been used in the U.K. outside of Northern Ireland. Then-Prime Minister Theresa May explicitly banned their use elsewhere in 2015, citing the possibility of injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports on the scene noted on Tuesday that the rioters largely avoided police, operating in fast-moving, smaller groups to strike at politically relevant targets, then melt away before police could arrive. Police on Tuesday were largely limited to dismantling poorly manned roadblocks and reacting to individual attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap\" style=\"min-height:5px;\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" style=\"display:none;\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson spoke of the general disorder and pleaded for a return to calm, noting that the rioting had effectively shut down life in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe streets of Northern Ireland need to return to calm and order,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cOur children need to feel safe returning to their schools. Businesses need to feel they could open their doors. Everyone with influence needs to do all in their power to get the thugs off our streets.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a line that\u2019s become common in the Labour government and among its allies, Henderson then blamed the violence on social media companies. He said the violence was being coordinated on social media by \u201csome in Northern Ireland, some from outside Northern Ireland, outside the island of Ireland\u2026 That toxicity is what\u2019s bringing people onto the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henderson claimed that \u201cToxic and vile\u201d commentary about the riots was being hosted on social media, and the issue was being investigated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re hosting material and content on your sites that\u2019s encouraging disorder, that needs to stop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial reports suggested that loyalist Protestant groups were primarily behind the rioting, with Catholics largely standing by but crucially not pushing against it. Despite this, Henderson said police so far had \u201cno evidence\u201d that loyalist paramilitaries were coordinating violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson told BBC Radio Ulster that loyalist groups were against the rioting, though he admitted that the rioting was largely confined to loyalist areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Northern Ireland\u2019s establishment Catholic Sinn Fein political party has condemned the riots in strong terms, while the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party condemned the violence while refocusing on wider debates around immigration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUP Leader Gavin Robinson told BBC Radio Ulster that more must be done to protect the U.K.\u2019s borders, and he\u2019s against people \u201cabusing our hospitality,\u201d but \u201cyou cannot raise your concerns about damage to British values and then behave in such an un-British way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4602274\/nigel-farage-curb-immigration-unrest-belfast-beheading\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4602274\">NIGEL FARAGE LEADS OPPOSITION CALLS TO CURB IMMIGRATION AFTER NATIONAL UNREST FROM BELFAST ATTEMPTED BEHEADING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere your neighbors, where your colleagues, where your classmates are sitting intimidated and in fear, are having their homes attacked and their livelihoods destroyed,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat is totally unacceptable, and it is not British.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attempted beheading of a local in Belfast on Monday by a Sudanese immigrant has sent shockwaves around the U.K., coming shortly after outrage over the fatal stabbing of a white British student by a Sikh man that sparked similar outrage against immigrants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violence in Belfast, United Kingdom, continued for another night into Thursday over the attempted beheading of a local by a Sudanese immigrant. Masked crowds clad in black marched out again on Wednesday night into Thursday, where they encountered a far more concerted police response than on previous nights. 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