THE NIGHT BELFAST BURNED: HOW THE NORTHERN IRELAND RACE RIOTS UNFOLDED

A horrific knife attack on a street in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups. How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?

The Guardian reports that a horrific knife attack on a street in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups.

The report adds: How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?

Shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8 June, as a summer twilight lingered over Belfast, a horrific scene unfolded on Kinnaird Avenue: a man straddled and repeatedly stabbed a figure lying on the ground in a bloody assault…

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