‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell how they were trapped at home by Belfast mob

The Guardian UK Wednesday 10 June 2026, 16:23 UTC By Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent 1 min read

Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot were frightened they would be next as fires took hold on neighbouring houses and rioters set cars alight

For four hours, Ugandan care workers Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot were barricaded into their house near Crumlin Road in north Belfast, smelling smoke leaking into their homes, and watching flames lick the walls of neighbouring properties.

“It all started like people were just marching, young boys between the age of nine and 20,” Nakazibwe said. “They were all putting on black, and masked.”

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