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How the Belfast riots unfolded

The event that sparked the racist riots in Belfast on Tuesday evening happened on Monday night in the north of the city.

A Sudanese man, named in court as Hadi Alodid, is alleged to have brutally assaulted Stephen Ogilvie in a street knife attack that was filmed by a bystander.

Ogilvie lost an eye and is in hospital with other serious injuries.

The 30-year-old Alodid has now been charged with knife crimes and attempted murder and is remanded in custody for four weeks. So how extensive was the damage in the city? What role did anti-immigrant agitators, including from outside Ireland, play in…

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