As Belfast burned, two Sudanese women braved the streets and sheltered those under attack Submitted by Oscar Rickett on Sat, 06/13/2026 - 08:30 As mobs roamed Belfast's streets targeting anyone who looked foreign, Areej Fareh and Twasul Mohammed organised to help keep immigrant families safe This picture shows a burned-out vehicle and home in Belfast on 11 June 2026 (Oscar Rickett/MEE) Off When the homes of two Sudanese families in Tiger Bay, north Belfast, were broken into by gangs of masked men earlier this week, the police took an hour to arrive. A single mother and her two children hid as the downstairs of their home burned.  It seemed preferable to going out into the street. The gangs knew who they were.