Who’s Causing The Violence In Belfast?
6/10/202637 min
Today, extra police are brought into Belfast and public transport is closing early, after a night of violence.
The violence erupted after a knife attack in the city on Monday. The suspect has appeared in court charged with attempted murder, threatening to kill an NHS radiographer, and possession of a knife. Hadi Alodid, 30, was remanded in custody for four weeks and is due to re-appear in court via video-link in July.
The family of Stephen Ogilvy, the victim in Monday night's knife attack in Belfast, say "unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward”. Meanwhile the Chief Constable of the PSNI has sworn to prosecute those involved in spreading misinformation online.
Adam and Chris are joined Ciarán Dunbar, BelTel podcast presenter, to discuss.
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Adam Fleming· Host1:03
In this episode of Newscast, we're gonna focus on the aftermath of that brutal knife attack that happened in Belfast on Monday night. What happened on Tuesday night was, well, it's been described as thuggery by lots of people. Very dramatic pictures of, of a bus and some people's houses being set on fire in the city. That led to lots of appeals for calm from across the political spectrum, and as we're