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| Police in Edinburgh cordon off part of city center in response to incident | |
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| Police in riot gear have cordoned-off the Lawnmarket area in Edinburgh's city center. Eyewitnesses reported seeing a man with a bomb strapped to his chest. Police said no threat to wider public. | |
| Several Twitter users reported a heavy police presence in the Mound area of Edinburgh, with one claiming that the chaos had been instigated by a man who had a bomb strapped to his chest. | Several Twitter users reported a heavy police presence in the Mound area of Edinburgh, with one claiming that the chaos had been instigated by a man who had a bomb strapped to his chest. |
| A spokesperson for Police Scotland said that “police in Edinburgh are currently attending an address in the Lawnmarket after receiving a report of concern for a male occupant. | |
| “The incident is ongoing however there is no threat to the wider public | “The incident is ongoing however there is no threat to the wider public |
| “An area around the Lawnmarket is at present cordoned off to pedestrians and traffic as we work to bring this matter to peaceful conclusion.” | “An area around the Lawnmarket is at present cordoned off to pedestrians and traffic as we work to bring this matter to peaceful conclusion.” |
| Emergency service raced to Lady Stair’s Close, an area near the Mound, according to Live Edinburgh News. |