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'My children cried all night': As Belfast burns, locals speak out #worldnow

Ignited by anger over a knife attack and fanned by social media, including amplification from Elon Musk, Belfast burned this week as rioters set fire to cars and buildings.

CGTN's Iolo ap Dafydd traveled to Northern Ireland's capital to speak to shopkeepers who watched their businesses burn live on TV, along with a local and a political expert who put the violence into context.

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