本文报道了贝尔法斯特一起恶性持刀伤人案受害者斯蒂芬·奥格尔维病情好转的情况。这起袭击事件在北爱尔兰引发了两晚的暴力骚乱。奥格尔维失去了左眼，头部、面部和背部受到深度刺伤。骚乱导致 12 名警察受伤，16 人被逮捕，两人被起诉。北爱尔兰事务大臣希拉里·本恩与各政党会面讨论事件影响，而民主统一党领袖加文·罗宾逊转达了受害者家属的请求，即不要将此次袭击作为恐吓或分裂社会的借口。文章简要更新了受害者的医疗状况、骚乱的规模以及各方的政治回应。
Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep head and back wounds in a brutal attack that sparked violent unrest in Northern Ireland
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The condition of the Belfast stabbing victim is “improving” and he could be awoken from a coma within the next 48 hours, pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson said on Thursday.
Stephen Ogilvie lost his left eye and suffered deep cuts to his head, face and back in a stabbing attack on Monday night which preceded two nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.
Twelve police officers were injured, 16 arrests were made and two people were charged following Wednesday night’s unrest.
Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn met political parties at Stormont, the parliament in Northern Ireland, to discuss the fallout after violent scenes in which cars and homes were set on fire and a nurse was intimidated while on her way to work at Ulster Hospital.
Robinson, the member of parliament for Belfast East, said he met the parents of Ogilvie on Thursday afternoon and that the family were “broken” after what had happened to their son.
“They have spoken very powerfully, in my view, that their desire is that what happened to their son on Monday evening is not used as an excuse for intimidation or division within our society,” Robinson said at Stormont.
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