Azealia Banks faces backlash for mocking Belfast knife attack victim on social media
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Chiara Fiorillo
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Summary
American rapper Azealia Banks has sparked public outrage after posting social media comments mocking Stephen Ogilvie, a victim of a knife attack in Belfast who was blinded in his left eye. Banks criticized both the victim and a man who came to his aid. The attacker, Sudanese national Hadi Alodid, has been charged and ordered held in jail. The incident has drawn widespread condemnation of Banks' remarks.
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· 3 pulledRapper Azealia Banks has sparked widespread public outrage following her social media comments on this week's knife attack in Belfast.
Sudanese national Hadi Alodid was ordered held in jail after appearing by video in Belfast Magistrates' Court, where a detective said he blinded Stephen Ogilvie in the left eye during the attack on June 8.
Alodid, 30, was also charged with possessing a knife and threatening to kill a radiogra
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