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News · 9 June 2026

Starmer condemns 'sickening' Belfast knife attack

Starmer condemns 'sickening' Belfast knife attack

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A man is critically wounded following a brutal stabbing in Belfast, an act of violence that Sir Keir Starmer described as "sickening." Law enforcement officials arrested a male individual, aged in his thirties, on suspicion of attempted murder after the Monday evening occurrence on Kinnaird Avenue. The individual attacked, a male in his forties, received serious wounds affecting his face, neck, and back.

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