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Homes set on fire in Belfast as police car and hijacked bus among vehicles ablaze as disorder erupts after man charged over ‘attempted beheading’
Belfast Telegraph ^ | June 9, 2026 | Kevin Scott

Posted on 06/09/2026 1:51:59 PM PDT by Morgana

The PSNI has called for calm across Northern Ireland as disorder broke out on Tuesday night after a man was charged with attempted murder following a serious incident in north Belfast.

Protesters have gathered in various locations causing signficiant disruption. Homes have been set alight as several fire appliances attend a blaze close to the Crumlin Road, while police have said another property has been set alight in the Bute Park area of Dundonald.

A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road which is understood to have been hijacked beforehand. In Portadown, a police car has been set alight while petrol bombs have been thrown at officers in Cloughfern.

The original incident involving a knife happened in the Kinnaird Avenue area shortly after 10.30pm and has been declared a “critical incident”.

Video posted to social media appears to show a man stabbing another man several times in the head with a knife. One man can be heard saying in the video: ‘He’s trying to cut his head off.’

The injured man, aged in his 40s, is in hospital where his condition is described as serious. The attack has left the man with significant injuries to his eyes, face, neck and back.

A major police investigation is continuing. Follow our live blog for updates.

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 06/09/2026 1:51:59 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Enoch Powell was right.


2 posted on 06/09/2026 1:53:43 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

They always are.


3 posted on 06/09/2026 1:54:50 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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To: Morgana

Who was it? A Muslim acting out a Jihad?


4 posted on 06/09/2026 1:56:42 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Morgana

should attempted beheading come with the same punishment as an actual beheading... i think so.. why reward incompetence.


5 posted on 06/09/2026 1:57:04 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Morgana

So exactly who are setting these fires?

Angry Irishmen?
Angry Muslims?
Angry Canadians on vacation?

Good reporting job, Belfast Telegraph.
Not.


6 posted on 06/09/2026 2:02:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Morgana

seems like it is mostly happening in loyalist / unionist areas


7 posted on 06/09/2026 2:02:57 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Morgana

So, Muslims in the neighborhood are rioting and setting vehicle fires now??
Clear them all out and send them back to their Middle Eastern hell holes.
I know, that won’t happen, but it’s a nice thought.


8 posted on 06/09/2026 2:04:17 PM PDT by Deo volente ("Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.” -Niccolò Machiavelli)
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To: Leaning Right; SunkenCiv; Red Badger; Larry Lucido
So exactly who are setting these fires?

Angry Irishmen?
Angry Muslims?
Angry Canadians on vacation?

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9 posted on 06/09/2026 2:09:58 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Leaning Right

They are reporting for a local audience so most people would recognize the areas named.

“Bute Park area of Dundonald....A Glider bus was set alight on the Newtownards Road”

These would be protestant loyalist areas.


10 posted on 06/09/2026 2:10:48 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Deo volente

“So, Muslims in the neighborhood are rioting and setting vehicle fires now??”

No, it is local loyalists (Protestants) who are doing it.


11 posted on 06/09/2026 2:11:45 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Deo volente

“So, Muslims in the neighborhood are rioting and setting vehicle fires now??”

No, it is local loyalists (Protestants) who are doing it.


12 posted on 06/09/2026 2:11:45 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Morgana
Violence in Belfast doesn't mean Catholics or Protestants any more.
13 posted on 06/09/2026 2:12:25 PM PDT by Salman (The Democrats have seceded from the human race. It's time for Trump to go full Pinochet.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Expect the Protestant Loyalists to adopt IRA tactics.


14 posted on 06/09/2026 2:12:48 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Morgana

Live aerial view
LIVE Protests take place in Belfast following knife attack
https://rumble.com/v7b1y2c-live-protests-take-place-in-belfast-following-knife-attack.html


15 posted on 06/09/2026 2:13:54 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (Please don’t use google products, especially YouTube )
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To: Morgana

Well, with “Abdullah Sabri” ostensibly “helping” with the reportage, it’s not as if you’re getting the story without any spin.

A man who intervened at personal risk is a native Irishman, and he was aided by another.

Aaaaannnnddd... it’s Islam

https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/sudanese-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing-in-north-belfast-that-may-have-left-man-blind/a/156338782.html


16 posted on 06/09/2026 2:17:45 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: Morgana

UPDATE:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/sudanese-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing-in-north-belfast-that-may-have-left-man-blind/a/156338782.html

Yes, you were right; it’s THEM, again.


17 posted on 06/09/2026 2:18:21 PM PDT by HKMk23 (https://youtu.be/LTseTg48568)
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To: JSM_Liberty

> These would be protestant loyalist areas. <

Thanks. But do these loyalists know that it’s the formerly Great Britain who brought those savages in?

(Not that the Republic of Ireland is any better.)


18 posted on 06/09/2026 2:19:06 PM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: Morgana

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/hes-trying-to-cut-his-head-off-attacker-saws-at-victims-neck-in-sickening-belfast-knife-attack/news-story/fa948b6592b06ae2e881b8b1b9b75251

Pity none of those bystanders was allowed to carry.

God bless them for going to the victim’s aid.


19 posted on 06/09/2026 2:22:14 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: lee martell
From other reports an illegal from Somalia. I wonder if he realizes he is in IRA territory?
20 posted on 06/09/2026 2:25:02 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 )
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