A man has been charged with attempted murder following a horrifying knife attack in north Belfast that has sparked widespread outrage and renewed tensions across the city.
The incident occurred shortly after 10.30pm on Monday in the Kinnaird Avenue area, where police say a man in his 40s suffered devastating injuries during what witnesses described as an apparent attempt to decapitate him.
Footage shared on social media appears to show an attacker repeatedly stabbing the victim in the head and upper body. In the video, a bystander can be heard shouting that the assailant was trying to cut the man’s head off. The Belfast Telegraph reports that police recovered a knife from the scene.
The victim remains in hospital in a serious condition after suffering significant injuries to his eyes, face, neck and back.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has declared the investigation a critical incident. Officers confirmed on Tuesday that a 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a bladed article in a public place and threats to kill.
Police also clarified that the suspect is Sudanese, correcting earlier reports that had incorrectly identified him as Somali.
The accused is scheduled to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday local time.
The brutality of the attack has sent shockwaves through Northern Ireland and beyond, with political leaders expressing horror at the circumstances of the assault.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer described the incident as “sickening”, while five of Stormont’s main political parties issued a joint statement condemning what they called a horrific act of violence.
Attention has also turned to the actions of members of the public who intervened during the attack. Their efforts have been widely praised, with several political figures highlighting the courage shown by those who stepped in to help the victim despite the obvious danger.
Meanwhile, police have appealed for calm amid growing anti-immigrant tensions and and anger on social media. Crowds gathered in Newtownabbey on Tuesday evening, while authorities warned against sharing graphic footage of the attack online.
The PSNI said its investigation remains ongoing and urged anyone with information about the incident to contact police.
Belfast is going crazy tonight over the recent attempted beheading by a migrant.
Every Irishman I know in Belfast is taking place in riots later today. Prots and Catholic together bizarrely.
The UK gov are scrambling to bring in riot police. Irish patriots are telling every… pic.twitter.com/MCibOqiGzB
— Lord Miles (@Lordmiles) June 9, 2026
Another stupidly obvious pretext for digital ID from the obviously stupid Keir Starmer.
Sadly our dismal/sinister corrupt globalist puppet-government politicians have become entirely predictable.
Just in case anyone thought this isn’t happening in NZ:
https://www.digitalidentity.dia.govt.nz/about
Great to see that D.E.I and multiculturalism is woking out so well.
Ireland definitely needs more ‘cultural enrichment’ from Sudan/Somalia.
Coming to New Zealand in one form or another, if we keep voting for globalist party’s that allow people into New Zealand who come from cultures where rape, child marriage and violence, are everyday occurrences. All so that greedy corporations can enhance their bottom line.
Is the deranged Somalian bloke a crisis actor, AI generated or simply the usual standard government-issued MSM-tabloid-fodder nutcase I wonder?
It’s getting somewhat difficult to tell these days.
Right now, and without delay, the Irish should be out in the streets herding these animals at gunpoint towards the harbour and airports so that they can be removed from the country, since the government there is doing minimum!
Gunpoint? Well…the NEW IRA has plenty of firearms left over & hidden away from the ‘time of the troubles.
https://www.amren.com/features/2025/11/the-genocide-of-native-europeans/
https://www.jewworldorder.org/war-on-europe-jews-importing-millions-of-3rd-world-migrants-for-the-final-genocide-of-the-white-race/#comment-350051
https://www.unz.com/article/mo-with-the-flow-how-third-world-migration-is-a-war-crime-against-the-white-west/
https://rumble.com/v72wc1o-elon-musk-theyre-openly-advocating-white-genocide.-chilling-kill-all-white..html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a
Who was the idiot on a previous post asking why migrants ideologies mean anything?
Well you have the answer now, take your head out from your backside and get real.
Orificers need to learn talking: The killer belongs to the sub 70 IQ point clientele.
The poolice have appealed for calm amid growing anti-immigrant tensions and and anger on social media, no sh*t Sherlock.
Accomplices warned against sharing graphic footage of the attack online so people won’t become aware of what thej are responsible for.
…or so that the citizens won’t get ideas?
Well said…..
Sounds familiar to ardern’s threats about the staged Christchurch attack.