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Police deliver the most unfortunate line after a Belfast man is nearly beheaded in the street.

Northern Ireland police have responded to an attempted beheading by urging locals not to lose their heads.

I promise I’m not making this up.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that an asylum seeker had tried to cut off a man’s head in the middle of a Belfast street, police chief Brendan Mullan told reporters…

“This is a time for calm heads.”

Tell that to the victim, a local man now fighting for his life in hospital after his head was near detached.

More on the reaction by authorities in a moment.

The “Allah Akbar” Beheading Attacker

But first, if you’ve not seen video of the incident circulating online, I should warn you it is harrowing…

That said, every European should see it.

A Sudanese man, aged in his 30s, can be seen sitting astride a man in the middle of the street, cutting at his neck.

He shouts “Allah Akbar” in Arabic.

Shocked bystanders can be heard saying…

“Get off him you ******* rat.”

“He’s cutting him. He’s slitting him.

“He’s trying to cut his head off! He’s slicing his head off!”

A man finds a hurling stick and begins hitting the attacker as others join in before police arrive.

Police and Media Denial

Police confirmed they arrested an asylum seeker on suspicion of attempted murder.

Which is something. We should all consider it a step forward that the police didn’t arrest the man with his head half cut off. But I digress.

Authorities later confirmed that the suspect had travelled from Sudan to Paris and then on to Belfast where he claimed and received asylum in 2023.

Police and politicians urged people not to share video of the attack.

Because whenever a horrifying crime exposes the catastrophic failure of immigration policy, the real danger is people seeing it.

They insisted the video should not be shared “for the sake of the victim and his family”.

Give me a break.

If politicians were concerned about Irish families, they would not have presided policies that permit Allah Akbar School of Knives graduates to be granted asylum.

Politicians are not worried about “causing further trauma to the injured man’s loved ones”.

They are worried about video of the attack causing trauma to their re-election chances.

And so they should be. Irelanders should be furious that this man was given asylum in their country.

Police, naturally, have said there is no evidence that the attack was terror-related.

Again, this is why the video must be shared widely. I’ve watched it. The attacker clearly yells “Allah Akbar”.

If it wasn’t terror-related, perhaps it was a protest over the price of eggs. Who could possibly know.

You’d know virtually nothing if you relied on the BBC. Here’s how they reported it…

We all know it was quite a bit more than a “stabbing”!

A fleet of four armoured police Land Rovers arrived at the scene of the attack in Belfast ahead of planned protests.

Powerless Political Class

Because while authorities seem powerless to stop crimes by asylum seekers, they are certainly adept at preventing any untoward reaction from locals.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill slammed people for blaming immigration policy.

She told journalists…

“The debate today is about our society, about our inclusive society, our welcoming society.”

Ah yes, we have now reached the beheadings in the street phase of cultural enrichment.

I stand corrected. We reached that phase back in 2013 when British solider Lee Rigby (may he Rest in Peace) was beheaded in the street by Islamic terrorists Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.

Whatever. Think of the ethnic cuisine!

But back to the First Minister.

In the wake of this latest beheading attempt, she told Irelanders…

“Our conversation today is about our thoughts are very much with that gentleman who finds himself as a victim of that violent and horrific attack last night. Our thoughts today are about creating calm in our society.”

The conversation is about our thoughts.

Okay. That doesn’t make any sense. But let’s go with it anyway. And what are our thoughts?

Our thoughts are about creating calm.

Don’t watch the video. Don’t share the video. Think calm thoughts while reminding yourself of how inclusive and welcoming we are.

Here’s a thought.

If there wasn’t an asylum seeker beheading a man in the middle of the street, there would be calm.

Notice the passive language the First Minister uses when speaking about the attack…

“ … our thoughts are very much with that gentleman who finds himself as a victim…”

A beheading is just one those unfortunate things that happens to gentlemen from time to time.

No wonder people are livid. But livid people are not allowed.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told LBC Radio…

“What we’re urging now is a period of calm.”

And, of course, a period of calm will be followed by a period of moving on. Until the next asylum seeker goes all Allah Akbar.

The First Minister told a press conference…

“I say, as First Minister, to all of our migrant community that we have no tolerance for sectarianism, for hatred, for division, and to all those people out there who are stoking up tensions, particularly in that social media space, who have no care or interest in the people here, but are happy to raise tensions, I say they do not represent us.”

So who represents the people?

The First Minister?

This was her message to Northern Irelanders after one of their own was near beheaded in the street…

“This is a society that is welcoming, that is inclusive. We are good people. And I say to everybody I don’t want to see any person living in fear, and we need to say no racism, no to hatred, no to sectarianism that is out there in our society.”

Or, as the police chief succinctly put it…

“This is a time for calm heads.”

A sentiment that would undoubtedly carry greater weight if it weren’t being delivered immediately after someone allegedly tried to remove one.

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Republished with thanks to The James Macpherson Report.

Image via social media.