Leith Walk topless nutter

[glazbagun]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2xg6lwz5jo

Topless man goes on rampage attacking taxis, petrol stations and injuring 5 before attacking an estate agent and a pizza shop on Leith Walk. Which closes its shutters on him.

BBC said:

In another video, an officer can be seen holding a topless man on the ground, who then swears and shouts that he is "protecting the country".

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Edited by glazbagun on Saturday 20th June 19:08

[Warhavernet]

I have resisted the urge to speculate the amount of booze he had necked , identifying ethnicity in cases like this only furthers division and intolerance.

[Yahonza]

But it wasn't just Leith walk - he started assaulting people in Sighthill, then in Crewe Road.
Did he get the bus down to Leith and get off on the way there?

A complete nutter all the same. No shortage of them in Embra.

[glazbagun]

Yahonza said:

But it wasn't just Leith walk - he started assaulting people in Sighthill, then in Crewe Road.
Did he get the bus down to Leith and get off on the way there?

A complete nutter all the same. No shortage of them in Embra.

Makes a difference from the normal tourist traps I guess.

[Earthdweller]

The one thing we can rule out is that it was a Scotsman as the whole of Scotland seems to be in Boston

[FourWheelDrift]

Attacking a petrol station and saying he is "protecting the country"? Could be any number of pro-EV posters on here.

[RichFN2]

Heatwave + football + the weekend seem to be the absolute perfect storm for some people to drink 18 pints and go absolutely mental.

Seems to be a photo of an axe I assume he was using? if this is the case then i seriously hope the armed police were deployed and detained this man at gunpoint, someone armed with a weapon attacking innocent members of the public needs neutralising as quickly as possible.

[glazbagun]

FourWheelDrift said:

Attacking a petrol station and saying he is "protecting the country"? Could be any number of pro-EV posters on here.

I read that he pushed over some shelves. They are quite overpriced.

[Jasandjules]

Drunk, drugs or mentally ill?

[finlo]

The fatigue is real.

[hidetheelephants]

Too many pints of wreck the hoose juice, coke or an innate propensity to violence; I'll take a bit from each.

[butchstewie]

Appalling.

Man charged after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

[9.3]

Normally named when they’re charged. But not in this instance?

[anonymous-user]

9.3 said:

Normally named when they re charged. But not in this instance?

2tier something something.

[scenario8]

What’s he been charged with? Unless I missed it (entirely possible) that beeb article was vague to a degree I wouldn’t have expected.

Or is it just different in Scotland?

For the removal of doubt, since far too many contributors in NP&E are on a hair trigger, what an enormous this person appears to be. Or, for the benefit of those who occasionally express indignation on such points where mental capacity has not been established, his actions appear to be enormously y.

Anyway, is there word on the charges?

[butchstewie]

All the articles seem a bit light on detail right now.

Not sure if it's a Scotland thing around the information they put out.

[markymarkthree]

Earthdweller said:

The one thing we can rule out is that it was a Scotsman as the whole of Scotland seems to be in Boston

Not for much longer.

[texaxile]

markymarkthree said:

Not for much longer.

Ohhhh....that cuts right to the quick , so it does.

[butchstewie]

Name and a few more details.

Man charged with terrorism-linked attempted murders in Edinburgh

[valiant]

And only 19 posts on this thread.