As the disorder raged, SDLP leader Claire Hannah criticised the havoc being wreaked across Northern Ireland.
“What you’re seeing is a race-based pogrom, we are seeing men going door to door asking to ‘get the foreigners out’ based exclusively on the colour of their skin.”
Baroness Foster, former leader of the DUP, called for “deescalation”, adding that it is for “politicians to answer questions about immigration”.
“If you’re a parent you should be wondering where your 15,16,17 old is and get them home.”
Also commenting was Conservative MP Sir Jeremy Hunt, who said: “Any politician who sees clips of that horrific stabbing and then tries to exploit it for their own political advantage, is utterly despicable.”