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Man charged after suspected anti-Muslim attacks across Edinburgh (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Police Scotland said a man was charged after a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday night that are being treated as potential anti-Muslim hate crimes. Counter-terrorism officers were brought in to investigate the attacks in which five people were injured.

A 36-year-old white Scottish man was arrested on Friday. The force added late on Saturday night: “A 36-year-old man has been charged in connection with a number of incidents which took place in Edinburgh on Friday, 19 June, 2026. A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal, and the individual will appear at court in due course."

Posts on social media appeared to show a shirtless man carrying a long weapon roaming a street and battering a restaurant door in the Scottish capital. Another video appeared to show the same man on the ground shouting about “protecting the country” while being held by a police officer.

Police said that five men, two aged 22, and others aged 24, 27 and 39, sustained a range of injuries and three needed hospital treatment though none of the injuries were life-threatening.

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[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

"Suspected"

[–] brewery@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago

Waiting for the COBRA meeting ... Any time now, surely...

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 0 points 17 hours ago

Remigration doesn’t seem to be an option?