A Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding a Belfast man in one eye during a stabbing attack appeared in court as anti-immigrant unrest spread.

The torching of neighborhoods across Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, marked the latest anti-immigration violence to convulse the United Kingdom.

Cars and a bus were set on fire and families were driven from their homes after a stabbing caused tensions to spill onto the streets.

Police are braced for more violence after “sickening” racist disorder as a Sudanese man was remanded in custody over the Belfast knife attack which triggered the unrest.Hadi Alodid, 30, appeared in court charged with attempted murder over Monday’s knife attack in which victim Stephen Ogilvie lost an eye.

Belfast stabbing victim Stephen Ogilvy’s family issued a pro-migrant statement after his near beheading by an alleged Sudanese migrant. Ogilvy’s family called for calm and unity in a statement released through MP Phillip Brett,

There was unrest in Belfast and elsewhere after video of a brutal stabbing circulated online, amplified by far-right activists.

THE family of Belfast knife attack victim Stephen Ogilvy have declared they are “completely devastated” by the “horrific” stabbing. And reeling relatives pleaded for calm

The Lord Mayor of Belfast said she has received death threats amid violent disorder following the stabbing attack in the city.Sinn Féin’s Róis-Máire Donnelly said she was visited by the police on Tuesday night and advised to take extra precautions around her personal security.