A 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after an attack on Monday night
The victim of Monday's shocking knife attack on a Belfast street has been identified locally as Stephen Ogilvie. The PSNI confirmed that the victim, who is in his 40s, remained in a serious condition in hospital on Tuesday, being treated for severe injuries to his eye, face and back.
A 30-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after the victim sustained "significant injuries" to his face, neck and back on Monday evening. Further details of the attack, which took place on Kinnaird Avenue in the north of the city, emerged after harrowing footage of the stabbing was widely circulated online.
The footage shows bystanders, including one wielding a hurling stick, stepping in to halt the assault on the victim in the residential Kinnaird Avenue area, close to the busy Antrim Road in north Belfast, reports Belfast Live. A kitchen knife was recovered at the scene. The Monday night knife attack has been met with widespread condemnation, sparking large protests throughout the city.
Senior police officers and political figures have called for calm amid fears that planned anti-immigration demonstrations could turn violent. The suspect has been identified as a Sudanese national. On Tuesday, police released further details regarding the arrested man's immigration status and his journey to the UK. He crossed into Northern Ireland via the Irish border in February 2023, having flown to Dublin from Paris.
Upon arrival, the suspect claimed asylum and was subsequently granted leave to remain in the UK until 2028 in September 2023. Detectives have confirmed there is no evidence to suggest Monday's knife attack was motivated by terrorism. The 30-year-old suspect faces additional charges of possession of an article with a blade or point in a public place and making threats to kill, and is set to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
With properties and vehicles set alight and protesters continuing to occupy the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland's First Minister has taken to social media to condemn the violence. Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill stated that "groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice".
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