What has happened so far?published at 09:24 BST
Torched homes and vehicles: Destruction after Belfast unrest
8 June, 22:30 BST: A 30-year-old Sudanese man – later named as Hadi Alodid – is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knife attack in Belfast on Monday night. Footage begins to circulate on social media of the attack.
9 June: Police Service Northern Ireland say the victim has suffered significant injuries to his eyes, back and face.
9 June, 19:30: Protesters start to gather on streets and block roads in Northern Ireland. Some have been peaceful protests, but by 21:30 police say they’re dealing with “sporadic pockets of disorder”.
A bus is set on fire on Newtownards Road in Belfast and elsewhere cars are set alight and houses targeted by stone-throwers. In another scene, about 100 masked men kicked in doors and broke windows down, saying they were “getting the foreigners out”.
By 22:45, multiple homes are set on fire, and families including a two-month-old baby and a 70-year-old man with dementia are evacuated. Overnight, the fire service attended 62 incidents, mostly in the greater Belfast area.
Protests also take place elsewhere in the country: in Glasgow, where Police Scotland say five people were injured, and also in Edinburgh, Ayr, and Southampton.
10 June: Alodid appears in court charged with attempted murder, as well as possession of a knife in a public place and threats to kill an NHS worker. The victim of the knife attack is named in court as Stephen Ogilvie, and his family say the disorder is “not welcome”.
10 June, 20:00: Police use a water canon to disperse protesters after about 200 people gather in Glengormley, eight miles north-west of Belfast city centre. Some individuals damaged properties to throw objects towards police. Disorder breaks out elsewhere, but is subdued compared to Tuesday night.
11 June: This morning, the UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn, says a sense of fear “has spread amongst ethnic minority people” after nights of violence.
