Police have used water cannon against rioters in Northern Ireland during a second night of anti-immigration protests.
It dispersed a crowd of about 300 people on Wednesday night who burned a truck and threw bricks and petrol bombs close to the Sandyknowes roundabout near Newtownabbey, eight miles north of Belfast.
The family of the stabbing victim, Stephen Ogilvie, condemned the violent protests and appealed for an end to misinformation and expressed disgust at the scenes: “We want to make it absolutely clear that to do this in response is not supported by our family, and peaceful protest is only ever the way forward,” the family said.
Hadi Alodid, 30, of Duncairn Avenue, Belfast, was charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie on Wednesday. He was further charged with possessing a knife in a public place, Kinnaird Avenue, and threatening to kill an NHS worker on the same day. .
In one flare-up near Shankill Road in Belfast, a group stormed a home that appeared to be occupied by a family from an ethnic minority background, claiming to be “liberating” it.
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