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Protesters in Scotland and Belfast ‘scumbags’, says Scottish Greens leader
Witnesses said people were targeted because they are black as cars and homes burned, and videos showed similar attacks in Glasgow.
Summary
Scottish Greens co-leader Ross Greer has described protesters who took to the streets in Scotland and Belfast following the stabbing attack in Northern Ireland as “scumbags”. Violence erupted in the Northern Irish capital on Tuesday night, culminating in a bus and several houses being set on fire.
Glengormley. Two police officers and three civilians were injured in Glasgow, during a wave of riots throughout Scotland triggered by a violent attack in the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast, when a 30-year-old Somali immigrant, Hadi Alodid, attacked a man over 40 years old who was hospitalized, stable though lost an eye due to injuries. The assault provoked calls to protest against foreigners by far-right figures, such as Tommy Robinson and…