The Belfast man who was reportedly nearly beheaded by a Sudanese national on Monday helped his attacker move into an apartment just days before the assault.
According to Right Angle News Network, Stephen Ogilvie assisted the suspect, identified as Hadi Alodid, with moving into a neighboring residence four days earlier.
“It has now been revealed that the Belfast man who was nearly beheaded by an African migrant, Stephen Ogilvie, was helping the same man who attacked him move in as a next door neighbor just four days before the attack.”
It has now been revealed that the Belfast man who was nearly beheaded by an African migrant, Stephen Ogilvie, was helping the same man who attacked him move in as a next door neighbor just four days before the attack. pic.twitter.com/Rj5HuZt2YB
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) June 10, 2026
A video shared by the news outlet features a woman who claimed familiarity with the incident and said Ogilvie lived in the area for about two years, and that “the foreigners only moved in four days ago and [Ogilvie] was doing everything to help them move in.”
The woman also alleged that Ogilvie was ambushed and suggested Alodid may have had an accomplice. Authorities have not confirmed either claim.
Ogilvie suffered devastating injuries during the attack, including the loss of his eye and deep slash wounds to his head and back. Video footage circulating online appears to show Alodid pinning Ogilvie to the ground on a Belfast street as a bystander shouts, “He’s trying to cut his head off.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack but did not mention the suspect’s immigration status.
“The horrific attack in Belfast last night is sickening,” said Starmer. “I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets. My thoughts are first and foremost with the victim, and I thank the first responders, including members of the public who intervened.”
The BBC reports that Alodid entered the United Kingdom in 2023 and was granted refugee status until 2028.
Anti-immigration protests have since erupted across Northern Ireland. Hundreds of protesters reportedly gathered following the incident, with buses and vehicles set ablaze, roads blocked, and police helicopters circling overhead.
Leaders of Northern Ireland’s major political parties issued a joint statement calling for peace.
“We call for calm and for space to allow justice to take its course,” the statement read.
The unrest comes weeks after Vice President JD Vance, speaking at a White House press briefing, urged anti-immigration activists in London to “keep on going” and to reject “this idea that the way to generate prosperity is to bring in millions and millions of unvetted people and drop them into your neighborhoods.”
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