2026 Northern Ireland riots

When

9 Jun 2026 – 11 Jun 2026

Kind

Riot

Coordinates

54.61° N, 6.69° W

Description

series of riots in Northern Ireland

Cause

knife attack

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Riots in Northern Ireland

On 9 June 2026, riots broke out across Belfast following a stabbing attack allegedly committed by an African man the previous evening. Further protests were reported across Northern Ireland and in Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, as well as Southampton in England. Southampton had also seen unrelated rioting during the previous week, following the release of footage of the arrest and murder of Henry Nowak.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Anti-Immigration Riots erupt across Northern Ireland, notably in Belfast and Newtownards in response to the previous day's attack”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page