‘Thuggery’: Belfast police fire water cannon at anti-immigration protests

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Far-right anti-immigration demonstrations successful Northern Ireland crook convulsive for a 2nd nighttime aft stabbing attack.

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Anti-immigrant protesters clash with constabulary astatine Antrim Road successful Belfast. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]

Published On 11 Jun 2026

Police successful Northern Ireland person fired h2o cannon astatine far-right protesters successful Belfast arsenic tiny fires were acceptable and bricks, rocks and bottles were hurled during a 2nd consecutive nighttime of unrest implicit a stabbing connected a metropolis street.

Demonstrators wearing masks prised bricks from walls extracurricular homes and smashed pavements with sledgehammers to propulsion astatine riot constabulary connected Wednesday.

The clashes with constabulary came respective hours aft a 30-year-old antheral appeared astatine a Belfast tribunal charged with attempted execution successful a stabbing onslaught that has triggered anti-immigration violence.

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said an further 200 officers were connected the streets connected Wednesday and that the unit was calling successful enactment from different services.

Politicians from some parties successful Northern Ireland’s authorities condemned the violence.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill of the Irish nationalist enactment Sinn Fein described it arsenic “thuggery”.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly of the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party says that “taking vexation astatine the evil actions of a idiosyncratic retired connected those who had nary portion successful it is utterly wrong”.

Hilary Benn, Britain’s curate for the province, besides told Sky News connected Thursday that the unit and days of anti-immigrant unrest were “racist thuggery”.

Last week, a abstracted case involving a assemblage pupil who was stabbed to decease successful Southampton, confederate England, successful December was seized connected by activists and by US Vice President JD Vance, who blames migration for the unit – an statement rejected by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and different British politicians.

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Riot constabulary ticker protesters adjacent Newtownabbey, successful Belfast. [Peter Morrison/AP Photo]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Police basal defender during protests adjacent a edifice northbound of Belfast. [Charles McQuillan/Getty Images]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says an further 200 officers were connected the streets connected Wednesday. [Henry Nicholls/AFP]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Politicians from each sides successful Northern Ireland’s authorities person condemned the violence. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Police effort to wide protesters adjacent Newtownabbey successful Belfast. [Peter Morrison/AP Photo]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Police artifact a roadworthy to halt anti-immigrant protesters. [Isabel Infantes/Reuters]

Belfast anti-immigrant protesters

Protesters acceptable occurrence to a barricade arsenic constabulary artifact Belfast's Antrim Road. [PA Images via Getty Images]

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