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Belfast police brace for second night of unrest as anti-immigration riots turn violent

London | Police have restored an uneasy calm in Belfast, firing water cannons on protesters in a second night of unrest fuelled by anti-immigration sentiment triggered by a stabbing attack that has been likened to a beheading.

The riot squad and other police pushed back protesters hurling bricks and petrol bombs, as some tried to march on a hotel housing asylum seekers. The unrest came hours after revelations the victim allegedly stabbed by a Sudanese immigrant that sparked Tuesday’s riots lost his left eye in the attack. The victim, named as Stephen Ogilvie, remains in a coma in a stable condition.

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