Belfast 'hit list' of migrants' homes circulated ahead of second night of riots

Middle East Eye · June 11, 2026 General

Belfast 'hit list' of migrants' homes circulated ahead of second night of riots Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 06/11/2026 - 09:43 On Wednesday evening masked rioters fought with police near a hotel housing migrants in the Northern Irish capital Protesters clash with police on a road leading to a hotel previously believed to house migrants in Glengormley, north of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 10 June 2026 (AFP) Off Riots raged in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, for a second night, with masked men in balaclavas targeting ethnic minorities after a "hit list" of homes housing foreign nationals was circulated. The disorder was triggered by a knife attack on Monday allegedly carried out by a Sudanese asylum seeker, who has been charged with attempted murder. Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, allegedly attacked a man on a residential street with a knife in what many commentators have described as an attempted beheading.

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