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Belfast burns after alleged attempted beheading · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
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  Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines rioting bitter accusations and a social
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  Speaker 1: media maelstrom. Belfast is in uproar in the latest incident
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  Speaker 1: of violent street crime in Britain's deeply divided political climate,
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  Speaker 1: A twenty year old Sudanese asylum seeker will face court
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  Speaker 1: after allegedly attempting to behead another man in Belfast. He's
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  Speaker 1: been charged with attempted murder. Footage captured by bystanders shows
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  Speaker 1: the attacker apparently pinning a man to the ground on
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  Speaker 1: a Belfast street and allegedly attempting to slice his throat.
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  Speaker 1: There are reports he was shouting a La huakba and
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  Speaker 1: God is great. Local police say they're currently not treating
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  Speaker 1: it as a terrorist incident. Louise, does he ye, get
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  Speaker 1: off from your sun rup? Hurry up, hurry up, set up,
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  Speaker 1: set up. A bystander intervened and began beating the alleged
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  Speaker 1: attacker with a hurling stick, and then footage of the
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  Speaker 1: attack went viral around the world, fueled by far right
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  Speaker 1: leader Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk, who reposted Robinson's call
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  Speaker 1: on the platform X for protesters to take to the
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  Speaker 1: streets around Britain. Hey good for Hey. In Belfast, protesters
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  Speaker 1: blocked roads and torched buildings and vehicles, while residents were
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  Speaker 1: evacuated from a burning building in the city center. Little
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  Speaker 1: is known about the victim, although Northern Ireland Police say
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  Speaker 1: a man in his forties is recovering in hospital from
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  Speaker 1: serious injuries to his neck, face and back. Northern Ireland's
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  Speaker 1: First Minister, Michelle O'Neal, is calling for an end to
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  Speaker 1: the protests. She says the destruction of property by protesters
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  Speaker 1: is nothing less than an act of cowardice. Assistant Chief
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  Speaker 1: Constable Ryan Henderson says the alleged attacker arrived in Northern
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  Speaker 1: Ireland in twenty twenty three and subsequently claimed and was
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  Speaker 1: granted asylum in September of that year. Henderson said police
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  Speaker 1: have established an investigation to determine the motivation for the
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  Speaker 1: alleged attack. Well, this morning on the front, we told
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  Speaker 1: dot Au plus tomorrow on the Front, Australia's experiencing our
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  Speaker 1: own rise of the right, with Pauline Hanson's One Nation
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  Speaker 1: for the first time showing up in polls as the
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  Speaker 1: first choice of more Australians than any other political party.
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