The victim in Monday night's Belfast knife attack has lost his left eye, has damage to his right eye, and has injuries to his neck and back, a court hears.
The suspect, Hadi Alodid, has been remanded in custody for four weeks. He was charged with attempted murder, threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife.
Police previously said the suspect was a 30-year-old Sudanese man. He entered the UK in 2023 and was given refugee status.
The overnight violence that broke out in Belfast in response to a knife attack has been met with blanket condemnation by Northern Irish leaders, with First Minister Michelle O’Neill labelling the disorder "outright thuggery".
On Tuesday night, houses, cars, and a bus were set on fire in Belfast in violence that followed the attack.
In one area, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.
In Belfast, an African family living in the area for 20 years moved after their windows were smashed - while a Ukrainian teenager escaped after her family's front door caught fire.
Two officers were injured in the violence on Tuesday, and an extra 200 officers are arriving to support officers in Northern Ireland.
“Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice," O'Neill has said.
Echoing O'Neill's message, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said: “Taking frustration at the evil actions of a person out on those who had no part in it is utterly wrong.”
Meanwhile, Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said the overnight chaos was "only damaging communities and putting innocent lives at risk".
“There is no justification at all for this type of destruction and thuggery," Benn added.
