{"id":7415,"date":"2026-06-21T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/police-charge-man-after-suspected-anti-muslim-attacks-in-edinburgh\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T16:36:08","slug":"police-charge-man-after-suspected-anti-muslim-attacks-in-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/police-charge-man-after-suspected-anti-muslim-attacks-in-edinburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Police charge man after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer says \u2018the suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police in Scotland have charged a man in connection with a series of attacks in Edinburgh that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said appeared to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.<\/p>\n

Police said on Saturday that a 36-year-old Scottish man had been arrested on Friday and \u201ccharged in connection with a number of incidents which took place in Edinburgh on Friday, 19 June, 2026\u201d. Five men were wounded in the attacks.<\/p>\n

Footage posted online showed a bare-chested man roaming the streets of Edinburgh with a large weapon, while another clip seems to show a man battering the door of a pizzeria.<\/p>\n

Another video appeared to show a shirtless man on the ground shouting that he is \u201cprotecting the country\u201d as he is held by an officer.<\/p>\n

Police were called on Friday evening to a report of an incident in the Sighthill area of the city, where two men were injured.<\/p>\n

Police said they then received reports about incidents around retailers across the west and north of the city.<\/p>\n

The force said that during this period, three other men were allegedly attacked in the Telford Road and Leith Walk area.<\/p>\n

The victims, aged between 22 and 39, suffered various injuries, with three requiring hospital treatment for wounds not considered life-threatening, police said.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton said it was a \u201cshocking\u201d incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to send a clear message of support to all our communities that there is no place for racism or faith-based hate in Scotland, which is at its best when we stand together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The United Kingdom\u2019s Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks on as he speaks to the members of the media on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit, in France, June 17, 2026 [File: Isabel Infantes\/Pool via Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. I will not tolerate this \u2013 he will face full force of the law,\u201d Starmer said.<\/p>\n

Scottish First Minister John Swinney also condemned the violence in an online post on X, saying: \u201cI am deeply concerned by these incidents. There is no place for violence, racism or intolerance in our country. I met community groups last week to assure them of the strong support of the Government.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Scottish Association of Mosques said two of the victims were attacked after prayers, while the Muslim Council of Britain said the community was \u201crightly anxious\u201d and criticised \u201cpolitical rhetoric that demonises an entire community\u201d.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that she was \u201chorrified by news of the attack in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no place for hatred and violence against Muslims,\u201d she said. \u201cI know it is not who we are as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says \u2018the suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred\u2019. Police in Scotland have charged a man in connection with a series of attacks in Edinburgh that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said appeared to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. Police said on Saturday that a 36-year-old Scottish man had been … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}