Key facts
- Hadi Alodid, 30, is charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Belfast.
- The victim, Stephen Ogilvie, sustained severe injuries including the loss of an eye.
- Alodid also faces charges of possessing a knife and making threats to kill.
- The stabbing attack was followed by anti-immigrant violence, including arson and attacks on police.
- Bail was denied for Alodid, who appeared in court via video link.
- The judge condemned the violence and warned perpetrators of severe consequences.
A 30-year-old man from Sudan has been charged with attempted murder following a knife attack in Belfast that left a victim seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence. Hadi Alodid appeared via video link in Belfast Magistrates’ Court, where he was accused of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during the stabbing. He also faces charges of threatening to kill a radiographer and possessing a knife.