Riots break out in Belfast after man was hacked in the street

Rioters set fire to a bus as disorder flared at an anti-immigration demonstration in Belfast

Protesters have set fire to a Glider bus on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast organised in response to Monday night’s stabbing attack in the city.

Around 100 Tommy Robinson supporters stood in Parliament Square and ordered police to take the knee.

In the wake of the Belfast stabbing, the far right activist – boosted by Elon Musk – issued a rallying cry: ‘The whole of the United Kingdom is hitting the streets tonight following yet another invader attack on our people.’

A man in his 40s was left with serious injuries to his eyes following the attack.

The suspect, a Sudanese national aged in his 30s, who entered the UK across the Irish border having flown from Paris to Dublin, remains in custody.

At the protest, banners read ‘no racism, just patriotism’, ‘enough is enough’ and ‘end two tier policing, end two tier justice’.

They began chanting ‘secure our borders, mass deportation’, ‘stop the boats, send them home’ and ‘Keir Starmer’s a w*****’. A smaller group of counter-demonstrators holding Stand Up To Racism placards stood along the pavement across the road.

A Glider bus, set fire by protesters, on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast (Picture: PA/PA Wire)

A group calling themselves the South London Patriots, one in a Chelsea Mason Mount strip,drank beer and carried an AI poster as they said they wanted ‘their country back’.

Answering Tommy Robinson’s call, they were met with a line of police officers with minor pushing and shoving by 8.30pm.

They shouted ‘traitor’ and ‘we love you Henry’ to honour Henry Nowak who was stabbed to death in Southampton.

The group amounted to about 100.

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