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<\/p>\nDetectives investigating a serious knife attack in Northern Ireland have charged a Sudanese national with attempted murder after a “shocking and barbaric attack” in Belfast left a man fighting for his life.<\/p>\n
Authorities have pleaded for calm after horrific footage of the incident posted to social media appeared to show a man attempting to behead his 40-year-old victim while screaming \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d and \u201cGod is great\u201d.<\/p>\n
Shocked bystanders rushed to assist upon seeing the alleged attacker slicing at the man’s neck while he was pinned to the ground.<\/p>\n
One approached with a hurling stick, using it to strike the man, who proceeded to flee.<\/p>\n
A 30-year-old man, later identified as a Sudanese asylum seeker who had been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom, was arrested by police.<\/p>\n
Police have since confirmed he has been charged with attempted murder, possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place and threats to kill.<\/p>\n
He is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates Court on Wednesday, local time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities confirmed the charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service, as is standard procedure in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Earlier, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said the man had travelled from Sudan to Paris, and then from Paris to Dublin, before taking a bus and arriving in Belfast in February 2023.<\/p>\n
He was granted leave to remain in September that year.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old victim was rushed to hospital by paramedics with serious injuries to his face, neck and back.<\/p>\n
Horror and anger quickly spread online as video and images of the attack circulated.<\/p>\n
Anti-immigration groups and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage highlighted the alleged attacker’s status, with some vowing to immediately take to the streets in protest.<\/p>\n
Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson called for the man to immediately removed from the UK.<\/p>\n
“Having abused the privilege of our nation, the perpetrator, living in the UK under a five-year visa, needs to be convicted and deported on the first flight out on a one-way ticket,” he told the Commons on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Authorities have urged calm, with Northern Ireland Police Service Chief Constable Boutcher asking the community to show “tranquillity”.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m hoping that sanity will prevail,” he told a press conference when asked about the potential for anti-immigration protests.<\/p>\n
“Nobody wants to see anything other than tranquillity. Northern Ireland is one of the safest places to live in the UK.<\/p>\n
“Let’s remember that and show that. Let’s remember the community spirit here that was demonstrated by neighbours of the poor victim.”<\/p>\n
His words were echoed by the chair of the Police Federation for Northern Ireland, Liam Kelly, who called for “cool heads to prevail”.<\/p>\n
“There is understandable anger and frustration in the community, but that shouldn\u2019t lead to any unrest or disruptive action on our streets,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This is a time for calm and cool heads to prevail and not sudden, reactive action that could cause fear, disorder and unrest.<\/p>\n
“This was a shocking and barbaric attack and my thoughts are with the victim.”<\/p>\n
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Authorities are on edge over the case as it follows violent protests tied to the murder of British teen Henry Nowak.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old was arrested and handcuffed by police as he died from stab wounds after his killer falsely claimed he was the victim of a racist attack.<\/p>\n
Several hundred protesters, including far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, later descended on Southampton Police Station, throwing bottles, bricks and other projectiles at officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives investigating a serious knife attack in Northern Ireland have charged a Sudanese national with attempted murder after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[213449,1334,43428,59,57,58,213448,159196,50,1647,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-beheading","tag-belfast","tag-gavin-robinson","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-jon-boutcher","tag-liam-kelly","tag-news","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629996","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=629996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}