The Sudanese asylum-seeker arrested for the horrific attempted beheading that took place in Northern Ireland on Monday night appeared in court on Wednesday, where he declined to enter a plea.
In addition to being identified, the African has been slapped with additional criminal charges after the brutal attack he is accused of committing prompted a fiery night of rioting in Belfast as well as demands for transparency and a withdrawal from the EU Migration Pact from rightist lawmakers.
‘We will be going after them.’
Now that the liberal establishment has pivoted from feigning horror over the attempted beheading to expressing outrage over the backlash, police are threatening to arrest online influencers who raised the alarm about the incident.
Quick background
A black male was caught on camera sitting atop a bloodied white male in the middle of a north Belfast street, shouting something in a foreign tongue, then carving with a knife into the victim’s face and neck.
The attack was interrupted by a Good Samaritan armed with a wooden hurl stick who gave the attacker a good thwacking. Another two men rushed in to help — one attempting to pull the victim to safety and the other giving a few well-placed kicks to the aggressor’s head.
The attacker, who was initially identified by a police as Somali but later confirmed to be a Sudanese national, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
RELATED: Sudanese national suspect attempts to behead UK citizen — but police beg public not to share images
L-R: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images; Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
The victim, who has been identified as Stephen Ogilvie and a British citizen, was taken to the hospital in serious condition with grievous injuries to his face, neck, and back.
Suspect identified
Gavin Robinson, a member of the British Parliament for East Belfast, stated on Tuesday that the Sudanese suspect was living in the U.K. under a five-year visa.
Police subsequently confirmed that the suspect, 30-year-old Hadi Alodid, entered Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland in 2023, applied for asylum, and was granted leave to remain in the country until 2028.
The Telegraph reported that the suspect had “used a loophole” in the British asylum system — traveling from Sudan to Paris and then to Dublin, before taking a bus to Belfast and then claiming asylum.
In addition to the original charge of attempted murder, Alodid has been charged with possessing a knife in a public space and threatening to kill a woman who works as a radiographer for the National Health Service.
Alodid appeared at Laganside magistrate’s court on Wednesday, where he communicated via an Arabic interpreter. The stabbing suspect — who allegedly left Ogilvie with no left eye, a damaged right eye, and deep cuts on his face and back — refused legal representation and declined to respond to the charges.
Alodid was denied bail at the urging of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Police told the court that the African’s release posed a threat of further offenses and a flight risk and could lead to “significant public disorder,” reported the BBC.
The suspect’s next court date is July 8.
Failed containment
The PSNI implored the general public on Tuesday not to share footage of the horrific attack, but the British public evidently had other ideas.
To the great chagrin not only of police but of those leftist lawmakers who expressed concerns over the inevitable political fallout, the video — yet another damning reminder of the isles’ disastrous immigration policies and failed dogma of multiculturalism — went viral with the help of remigration activist Tommy Robinson and others.
Belfast was subsequently rocked by protests and, on Tuesday evening, riots in which homes, cars, and a bus were torched.
Some of the hundreds of black-clad young men who roamed the streets of the capital city on Tuesday reportedly shouted, “Foreigners out!” and pelted asylum-seeker housing with rocks.
‘F**k ’em.’
Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson of the PSNI said in a statement, “Sporadic pockets of disorder have broken out in a number of locations across Northern Ireland this evening, including incidents in which a number of vehicles have been set on fire.”
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and various other lawmakers condemned the riots — in many cases more forcefully than they condemned the attempted beheading.
“The scenes in Belfast last night were shocking and completely unacceptable,” Starmer stated on Wednesday morning. “There is no justification for the violence and disorder that we saw threatening our communities, nor for those who encouraged it, online or elsewhere. It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it.”
Police have arrested several alleged rioters and are threatening to arrest online influencers over their provocative commentary regarding the attempted beheading.
“It’s very easy, these days especially, to look online and be persuaded, by people who know nothing about Northern Ireland, know nothing about the communities in Northern Ireland, know nothing about the history of Northern Ireland, to take actions that they otherwise would not take,” said PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher. “Stop looking at this nonsense. Stop listening to these idiots. We will be going after them for the incitement that they’ve been doing.”
“I’m not talking about individuals in this press conference, but people will know who were online last night and inciting this behavior. They will know what they were doing. We will be going after them,” added Boutcher.
Despite this latest threat of a crackdown over online speech, Elon Musk, Tommy Robinson, and Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe have not rounded their critiques or softened their rhetoric.
Robinson, for instance, wrote, “Stop importing rapists, murderers, and sex pests from savage third world countries who put young girls [sic] lives at risk. Once you have advocated for that, and the removal of unwanted illegal migrants from communities who never asked for or wanted them, then you can take the high road. Until then, keep your mouth shut.”
Lowe wrote early Wednesday, “Millions must go,” and “the Belfast victim has lost his left eye and has severe damage to his right eye. Hacked at the neck, with his eyes gouged. Men who inflict this brutal evil on others do not deserve to live.”
Musk shared a post rejecting the calls for calm, then tweeted, “F**k ’em.”
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
African, Sudan, Beheading, Northern ireland, Ireland, United kingdom, Uk, Britain, Racism, Anti-white, Leftism, Terrorism, Crime, Replacement, Asylum, Immigration, Politics