London: Scottish authorities said on Saturday they charged a man in connection with attacks in Edinburgh that wounded five people with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the suspect “appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred”.
Police Scotland said officers had arrested a 36-year-old white Scottish man and there was “no further threat to the public”. “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,” police said late Saturday.
“A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal, and the individual will appear at court in due course.”
Footage posted online showed a bare-chested man, believed to be the suspect, roaming streets of the Scottish capital with a large weapon.
A police statement said they received multiple emergency calls late Friday from people reporting “violent attacks including threats, robbery and vandalism across Edinburgh, with five men injured”.Three other men were subsequently attacked elsewhere, suffering different injuries, before officers confronted and arrested the suspect, police said.
