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The Belfast victim remains in serious condition in hospital after a savage, medieval knife attack in north Belfast left him with catastrophic injuries, including the loss of his left eye, severe damage to his right eye, deep cuts all over his face, and lacerations to his back. The victim, a man in his 40s, was attacked Monday night on Kinnaird Avenue, a residential street near Antrim Road. Police said he suffered significant eye injuries, and serious slash wounds to his face and back. A 30-year-old Sudanese national, Hadi Alodid, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of an article with...

A 30-year-old man from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court Wednesday charged with attempted murder over a knife attack that left a victim seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence in several parts of Northern Ireland. Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered held in jail after an appearance by video in Belfast Magistrates' Court, where he was accused of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during the stabbing, prosecutors said. He was also charged with threatening to kill a radiographer on the same day and with possessing a knife. Alodid refused legal representation through an Arabic interpreter and did not enter...