Hadi Alodid, a Sudanese national, faces three charges. He has been accused of attempted murder, possession of a knife and making threats to kill a hospital radiographer.
This follows the knife attack on Monday night, Alodid stabbed a man in his 40's at Kinnard Avenue Belfast. The man remains in serious condition.
Alodid refused legal representation and made no reply to the charges.
According to a report by RTE, a PSNI detective inspector told the court that she believed that she "could connect the accused to the charges," and that the police would strongly oppose bail.
The knife attack that occurred in Belfast on Monday was extremely serious as the victim lost his left eye and suffered damage to his right eye as a result of the attack. The victim also suffered lacerations to his face and back.
The detective inspector said that whilst the accused was being treated in hospital he said "I killed someone, I don't know if they are dead," and that if the accussed was to receive bail it would cause even more disorder, according to a report in RTE.
Judge Steven Keown refused bail. Alodid was remanded into custody and is to appear again in four weeks on 8 July.
The footage of the attack was shared across social media platforms and right-wing channels encouraged people to protest. X owner Elon Musk shared a post announcing locations of the protests and a post that read, "Do not make peace with evil. Destroy it."
The protests quickly turned violent and people were forced to flee their homes.
On Tuesday night, masked men approached a boarded up house on a residential street near Belfast’s Shankill Road, whilst a woman that is reportedly from an ethnic background was on the top floor. The masked men rushed to the front door and threw bricks at the windows of the house. Reports have stated that a young girl was inside the house during the attack. A man who was wearing a skull mask told people to put their phones away, whilst chaos unfolded and cars were set alight.
In a Unionist area in east Belfast, the masked men set fire to bins and pushed them onto a bus, which caused bus services to be suspended. Reports state that several hundred people stayed to watch the burning bus. Three home were also torched throughout the violent event.
A 28 year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were charged after disorder in Portadown on Wednesday night. The man had been charged for failing to remove disguise when instructed to do so and obstructing and resisting police. The woman was charged with disorderly behaviour and possession of an article with intent to do damage.
It has been reported by the Irish Independent that twelve police officers were injured in the second night of the disorder in Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Secretary said that there was less disorder compared to Tuesday night and condemned the “racist thuggery” seen in the wake of the knife attack on Monday night.
The Government has held discussions in Stormont and Westminster after concerns were raised about the CTA. They intend to intensify immigration checks, which include operations on CTA routes to detect and arrest illegal immigrants.
It has been reported that the alleged suspect travelled to Dublin in 2023 and was granted refugee status in Northern Ireland the same year.
