0h 1min, jun 20, 2026 y - Suspected anti-Muslim Attacks

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A man has been charged following a series of suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh that left five men injured.

The BBC understands the attacks began near a mosque in the west of the city, where two men were injured.

Footage posted on social media appears to show a man - bare-chested and carrying a large weapon - vandalising a petrol station and battering the door of a pizzeria several miles away on Leith Walk before being held on the ground by police.

Police Scotland said a 36-year-old man had been charged in connection with a number of incidents that took place on Friday.

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