List of Belfast home addresses shared online amid anti-immigration riots

World List of Belfast addresses said to be immigrant homes circulated online amid riots in wake of stabbing By Duarte Dias, Duarte Dias Digital Journalist Duarte Pita Dias is based in CBS News' London bureau, where he works across digital platforms and for TV broadcasts. Read Full Bio Duarte Dias, Joanne Stocker Joanne Stocker Verification producer Joanne Stocker is a verification producer for CBS News Confirmed. She was previously chief editor of Kurdistan 24 English and managing editor at The Defense Post. She has combined open-source investigation methods with on-the-ground reporting to cover conflict, terrorism, and misinformation for over 15 years. Read Full Bio Joanne Stocker June 11, 2026 / 12:36 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google A list of addresses thought to belong to immigrants and their families was shared online during violent anti-immigration protests that descended into rioting in and around Northern Ireland's capital Belfast this week. The unrest was sparked by a brutal knife attack on Monday. That attack, a horrific video of which has been shared widely online, sparked two nights of unrest on the streets of Belfast, with groups of often-masked rioters setting fire to homes, a bus and trash cans, and throwing rocks at police and blocking roads. CBS News learned Thursday that a list of addresses believed to be the homes of immigrants, including families, was circulated online among people calling for mass protests. A copy of the list found online by CBS News, circulated on closed social media networks such as WhatsApp, includes more than two dozen addresses in Belfast.In another example, an account on X shared a list early Wednesday morning of seven names and addresses of what it claimed were immigration lawyers and law firms in Northern Ireland, urging "patriots" to "do with that what you will."After her labor union reported that a nurse going to work at the Ulster Hospital had been chased by masked men, the chief executives of N...