Belfast erupts in anti-immigrant violence as rioters torch homes after knife attack

Masked men burned families out of their homes in Belfast on Tuesday night in a wave of anti-immigrant violence that erupted after a Sudanese man was charged over a knife attack, Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill said.

“There can be no excuse and no justification for these attacks tonight,” O’Neill said. “Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice.”...