PSNI detectives investigating a South Belfast stabbing believe the incident may have been an Islamist terror attack. Specialist officers are probing the attack, which happened on the evening of March 1,

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating if the motive for a stabbing attack which occurred in Belfast earlier this month was driven by religious ideology, hate crime or a mental health episode.

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a potential Islamist terrorist link to a stabbing in Belfast earlier this month. Religious ideology is one of a number of potential motives being investigated, the PA news agency understands. If it is confirmed, it would be Northern Ireland’s first Islamist terrorist incident.

Police are investigating what is understood to be a possible Islamic terrorist motivation for a stabbing in south Belfast earlier this month. A 51-year-old man was injured in the attack close to the Ormeau Road area on 1 March.