{"id":629053,"date":"2026-06-09T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629053\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:53:08","slug":"arrest-made-after-man-seriously-injured-in-belfast-stabbing-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629053\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest made after man seriously injured in Belfast stabbing \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/belfast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/belfast\">north Belfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni\/\"> Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)<\/a> said officers were called to Kinnaird Avenue at about 10.30pm on Monday and the injured man was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Another man, who is in his 30s, was arrested and taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The PSNI said the injured man, aged in his 40s, suffered significant injuries to his face, neck and back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The scene outside an apartment complex off Kinnaird Avenue in the lower Antrim Road area remained cordoned off on Tuesday morning, with markers visible on the ground where the attack had taken place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Anyone who witnessed the incident or has dashcam or CCTV footage has been urged to contact police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">North Belfast Sinn F\u00e9in MP John Finucane said his thoughts are with the victim of the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI am shocked following a horrific attack in north Belfast last night,\u201d he said. \u201cMy thoughts are with the individual who has been taken to hospital following serious injuries, and I hope they make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cI have spoken with police today and would urge anyone with information about this appalling attack to come forward and assist the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">DUP councillor Jordan Doran said he was \u201cleft shocked and deeply concerned\u201d by footage circulating online following the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cMany residents have contacted me expressing concerns about community safety and seeking reassurance following this incident,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThose concerns are entirely understandable. People deserve to feel safe in their homes and communities, regardless of where they live.\u201d \u2013 PA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man has been seriously injured in a stabbing in north Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1334,59,57,58,50,1647,13180,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-belfast","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-northern-ireland","tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland-psni","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}