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  "textContent": "Jack McKee, 74, pushed through crowds of people throwing petrol bombs and setting homes on fire to reach two women trapped inside (Picture: Metro)\n\nWomen ‘still in their care workers’ uniform’ were dragged to safety by Belfast heroes after their home was targeted by far-right rioters.\n\nJack McKee, 74, pushed through crowds of people throwing petrol bombs and setting homes on fire to reach two women trapped inside.\n\nHe spotted the pair, both African migrants, hiding in the corner as bricks were thrown through the windows of the property on Oakley Street.\n\nAlong with his daughter Paula, they were able to help carry them to safety as they were so scared that ‘they were too weak to stand’.\n\nJack’s son Jonathan told **Metro** : ‘They had to carry them out the back door secretly because the rioters were shouting, “Where are the migrants?”‘\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nThe family, who run a local church, received a text at midnight saying the home of one of their congregation members was being targeted by violent protesters.\n\nAn image Jack took, after he helped carry the women out of the house (Picture: Metro)\n\nJack McKee went into one of the targeted women’s homes and helped carry them to safety (Picture: Metro)\n\nOn instinct, they went to the house and found the two women, both shaking with fear.\n\nThe neighbouring property had been set on fire, with the blaze slowly creeping towards the women’s home from behind.\n\nAnd from the front, rioters threw anything they could find through the windows and doors, causing extensive damage.\n\nJack said: ‘My family helped carry them out with the fire service and laid one of the women in the back seat of my dad’s car.\n\n‘This is life-changing for them. They can’t go home now. We are sending someone around to board up the windows, but there are calls for more riots.’\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nLast night saw widespread disorder across Belfast, with rioters throwing petrol bombs, setting homes alight, and burning buses to the ground.\n\nIn London yesterday, around 100 Tommy Robinson supporters stood in **Parliament** Square and ordered police to take the knee.\n\nProtests were originally organised after a man, named locally as Stephen Ogilvie, was allegedly stabbed by Sudanese asylum seeker Hadi Alodid.\n\nFOLLOW THE LATEST FROM BELFAST IN OUR LIVE BLOG\n\nDuring his first court hearing today at Belfast Magistrates’ Court, Alodid was remanded for four weeks and charged with attempting to murder Mr Ogilvie, threatening to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife.\n\nPolice and politicians have called for calm as more social media posts planning further protests circulate this morning.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "‘We dragged terrified care workers to safety as Belfast rioters swarmed their home’"
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