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Residents forced to evacuate as protestors set homes and cars on fire following Belfast stabbing

• Multiple homes and cars have caught fire across Belfast after hundreds took to the streets to protest following a stabbing in the city on Monday night.
• Residents had to be removed from burning houses in the east of the city as a crowd of 100 men kicked in doors and broke windows of homes nearby, according to the BBC.
• Masked youths gathered at points across the city, with police responding by deploying armoured vehicles. Protesters set fire to a number of vehicles, including a bus.
• On Tuesday, a man aged 30 was was charged with attempted murder over Monday’s attack. Police described the suspect as a 30-year-old man from Sudan who was granted refugee status in 2023.
• He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.