Belfast Stab Victim Wakes From Coma After Riots
The Spin
Left narrative
Stephen Ogilvie waking from a coma is a relief, but the real story is the wave of racist violence that followed — homes torched, families terrorized and people targeted purely because of their background. The riots were inexcusable lawlessness that had nothing to do with justice for the victim. Ogilvie's own family made clear they didn't want the attack used to divide people or fuel hostility.
Right narrative
Hadi Alodid exploited an open-border loophole to enter the U.K., claimed asylum and was granted leave to remain — then allegedly carried out a near-beheading that left Stephen Ogilvie blind in one eye and possibly both. The attack exposed a glaring failure in border security that let a man with no legitimate claim to safety commit a brutal act of violence. Serious questions about how Alodid entered the country demand real answers.
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