{"id":3673,"date":"2026-06-21T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:37:00","slug":"counterterror-police-investigate-after-5-hurt-in-edinburgh-attacks-that-appeared-to-target-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3673","title":{"rendered":"Counterterror police investigate after 5 hurt in Edinburgh attacks that appeared to target Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Counterterrorism detectives in Scotland were investigating after five people were injured in attacks in Edinburgh that appeared to target Muslims, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3672\">Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland said that a 36-year-old man was arrested late Friday after officers received multiple reports of attacks in the west and north of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The force said that five men \u2014 two of them age 22, and others ages 24, 27 and 39 \u2014 sustained a range of injuries and three needed hospital treatment. None of the injuries is considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>The charity Muslim Engagement and Development said that several of those injured are Muslim. The Scottish Association of Mosques said that two of the injured men were attacked after attending prayers at their local mosque.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that the suspect \u201cappears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not tolerate this \u2014 he will face the full force of the law,\u201d Starmer said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>Video posted 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 seemed to show the same man on the ground shouting about \u201cprotecting the country\u201d while being held by a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=3670\">Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the UK leader to resign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that she was \u201chorrified by news of the attack in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>The Muslim Council of Britain said in a statement that the Muslim community is \u201crightly nervous and worried.\u201d It said that the violence was \u201ca direct consequence of political rhetoric that demonizes entire communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Catriona Paton said that it was a \u201cshocking\u201d incident. 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