A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing – with video footage capturing the moment hero bystanders stepped in to wrestle the attacker to the ground.
Police were called to the scene in Kinnaird Avenue, in north Belfast, at around 10:30pm on Monday, 8th June, after reports of the attack.
A local resident described the “chaos” that unfolded, as disturbing videos circulating online appear to show a man being stabbed multiple times in the head. In the footage, two bystanders appear to step in to try to help the injured man on the ground, before telling police officers who arrive ‘he’s trying to cut his head off’.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland [PSNI] confirmed that one man has been arrested in connection with the incident, as a significant police presence remains in the area with cordons in place.
An eyewitness told the Belfast Telegraph that “three men, one armed with a hurl, got the fella with the knife off the victim.”
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A PSNI spokesperson said: “Police in north Belfast are currently in attendance at Kinnaird Avenue following the report of a stabbing incident shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8th June.
“A man has been arrested in relation to the incident and is in police custody while a second man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries.
“Officers will remain in the area to conduct their enquiries and would ask anyone who witnessed this incident, or who may have captured dash-cam or CCTV footage from the area which could help with their investigation, to call them at Tennent Street on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number 1654 08/06/26.”