{"id":648469,"date":"2026-06-20T06:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648469\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T06:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T06:11:13","slug":"edinburgh-leith-walk-one-arrested-and-four-taken-to-hospital-after-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/648469\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Leith Walk: One arrested and four taken to hospital after incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police said four people were injured and one man was arrested after a series of incidentTannur Anders UK & World News Reporter and Kris Gourlay<\/a> Content Editor<\/p>\n

22:27, 19 Jun 2026Updated 04:28, 20 Jun 2026<\/p>\n

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Police on Leith Walk.(Image: TikTok\/eurovisionwithadam)<\/p>\n

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and four people taken to hospital after a series of incidents across West Edinburgh, police said.<\/p>\n

Traffic was diverted after an incident on Leith Walk<\/a>, with a cordon around<\/a> Great Junction Street and Duke Street, on Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n

A Police Scotland spokesperson said in a post on Facebook in the early hours of Saturday: “A 36-year old man has been arrested following a series of incidents<\/a> at a number of locations across the West of Edinburgh, and Leith, during the evening of Friday, 19 June, 2026.”<\/p>\n

“Four people were injured and taken to hospital for treatment.”<\/p>\n

“We believe there to be no further risk to the public at this time,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Police said that enquiries are ongoing.<\/p>\n

A topless man was caught on a video which has been shared online in which he appears to be marching along the street with a blade. The statement did not confirm whether it was the topless man that was arrested.<\/p>\n

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The terrifying moment was captured on video.(Image: Facebook)<\/p>\n

A clip uploaded to TikTok shows several marked police SUVs and cars as well as ambulances on scene with concerned passers-by watching from behind police tape.<\/p>\n

A black vehicle can also be seen within the cordon with the driver side door wide open with officers appearing to be searching it.<\/p>\n

A Lothian bus update informed passengers: “Due to a road closure buses are unable to serve Leith Walk and Duke Street and are instead diverted via London Road and Easter Road in both directions until further notice.”<\/p>\n

One eye witness told Edinburgh Live: “Something major is happening on Leith Walk, it is all taped off with loads of police and ambulances.”<\/p>\n

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A major police response was scrambled to Leith Walk.(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Edinburgh airport was evacuated on Friday night with hundreds of passengers unable to get into the building after a ‘potentially suspicious package’ was identified.<\/p>\n

Police Scotland confirmed that Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is in attendance a the airport.<\/p>\n

Passengers have were unable to disembark flights that landed at Edinburgh Airport.<\/p>\n

Some passengers have taken to social media and said they have been waiting on the tarmac for over an hour after landing.<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether the incidents are connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said four people were injured and one man was arrested after a series of incidentTannur Anders UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[924,49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-648469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}