Suspect in ‘sickening’ knife attack was granted leave to remain in UK after crossing border from Dublin
A Sudanese man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a knifeman appeared to try to behead a man in Belfast.
The suspect has been taken into custody after the victim suffered “significant injuries” to his face, neck and back in what police called a brutal attack.
The injured man, a resident of the area in his 40s, is being treated in hospital, where his condition is described as serious.
Footage shared on social media – which is too graphic to publish – appears to show the knifeman, in his 30s, pinning the man to the ground before repeatedly stabbing him in the head.
The video shows three apparently local men intervening, one hitting the attacker with a wooden hurling stick as others kick him to try to force him to release his victim.
