A Time for "Calm Heads"

Police deliver the most unfortunate line after a Belfast man is nearly beheaded in the street

Northern Ireland police have responded to an attempted beheading by urging locals not to lose their heads.

I promise I’m not making this up.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that an asylum seeker had tried to cut off a man’s head in the middle of a Belfast street, police chief Brendan Mullan told reporters …

“This is a time for calm heads.”

Tell that to the victim, a local man now fighting for his life in hospital after his head was near detached.

More on the reaction by authorities in a moment.

But first, if you’ve not seen video of the incident circulating online, I should warn you it is harrowing …