Maitie Mag Toghearnan has revealed himself as the person with the stick who took matters into his own hands to confront the attacker last night.
He single handedly tackled the knife wielding Sudanese attacker attempting to decapitate a man on the Belfast street before police arrived.
John Bissett A man, who is believed to be Somali, is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after what police describe as a “brutal” assault involving a knife
The victim is in hospital with serious injuries
A video circulating on social media shows a number of people, including one wielding a hurling stick, confronting the apparent attacker and wrestling him off the victim
Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the attack as “sickening”
First Minister Michelle O’Neill condemned it as an “appalling” attack and praised those who “intervened to remove the attacker” during an urgent debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly earlier
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly urged “everyone to remain calm to allow the police to carry out their investigation”
Traditional Unionist Voice’s Timothy Gaston said the attack “can’t be divorced from the immigration debate”, while the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)’s Matthew O’Toole said “no ethnicity or race has a monopoly on violence”
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🚨HORRIFIC ATTEMPTED BEHEADING ON THE STREETS OF BELFAST 😱
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Just after 10:30pm last night on Kinnaird Avenue, North Belfast, a man was slashed and stabbed in a frenzied attack, with the suspect on top of him on the ground repeatedly hacking at his head and…
— J Stewart (@triffic_stuff_) June 9, 2026
