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Fundraiser Launched to Buy Belfast 'Knife Attack Hero' a Pint
- On Monday, 32-year-old Matt McKiernan, a removals company owner, intervened in a stabbing on Kinnaird Avenue in North Belfast, using a hurling stick to help disarm the attacker and protect victim Stephen Ogilvie.
- After witnessing the assault while driving to a petrol station with his friend Andre, McKiernan acted instinctively, retrieving a hurley from his car boot following his son's training session and striking the attacker.
- Police charged a 30-year-old Sudanese man with attempted murder, possession of a bladed article, and making threats to kill; the suspect is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates' Court.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn praised the bystanders in the House of Commons, stating they "showed the very best of humanity" after DUP leader Gavin Robinson tabled an urgent question.
- While Ogilvie remains hospitalized with serious injuries to his eyes, face, and back, McKiernan rejected the hero label, emphasizing his primary concern was preventing further harm to the victim.
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Fundraiser for Belfast 'knife attack hero' tops €21k after brave intervention
On Monday night, emergency services were called to the Kinnaird Avenue area in north Belfast where the victim, a man in his 40s, was found with severe injuries to his eyes and serious slash wounds to his back and face after being attacked with a kitchen knife.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right5Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 37% Center
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- 37% of the sources lean Left, 37% of the sources are Center
37% Center
L 37%
C 37%
R 26%
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