'We knew it was coming': Belfast violence leaves Syrian supermarket in ruins

'We knew it was coming': Belfast violence leaves Syrian supermarket in ruins Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Fri, 06/12/2026 - 10:35 Mohammed and Sultan fled Syria to build a new life in Northern Ireland. But for a second time in two years their shop has been destroyed The Sham supermarket in Belfast after it was set fire to by gangs of masked men this week (Oscar Rickett/MEE) Off At the Sham supermarket on Donegall Road, south Belfast, managers Sultan and Mohammed have decided it's time to leave. "It's about to kick off," says Mohammed, who left Syria in 2014 with a shrapnel wound in his leg and became a British citizen in 2015.