Lewis Hawkes appeared in court and also faces assault and robbery charges

Counter-terror police have launched a probe after a 36-year-old white man has been arrested over an alleged 'anti-Muslim' rampage in Edinburgh.

Counterterrorism detectives in Scotland are investigating a series of attacks in Edinburgh that left five people injured and appeared to target Muslims, police said on Saturday.

Scottish authorities said on Saturday they charged a man in connection with attacks in Edinburgh that wounded five people with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the suspect…

Five men, two aged 22, and others aged 24, 27, and 39, sustained a range of injuries and three required hospital treatment following a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday - a…

The alleged attacks come against a backdrop of rising anti-immigration sentiment in the UK.

“The suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred. I will not tolerate this — he will face the full force of the law," says Starmer.

Counter-terrorism officers brought in to investigate incidents which left five people injured

Scottish authorities have said they charged a man in connection with attacks in Edinburgh that wounded five people, with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying the suspect…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says 'the suspect appears to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred'.

Scottish counterterrorism police are investigating a series of violent attacks across Edinburgh on Friday that left five men injured and that Prime...

Five people were injured in the attacks on Friday that were described by Prime Minister Keir Starmer as being motivated by "anti-Muslim hatred."

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Lewis Hawkes, 36, has appeared in court charged with five counts of attempted murder linked to terrorism, following alleged anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

Counter-terrorism officers were brought in to investigate the attacks, which are re suspected to have an anti-Muslim motivation

Lewis Hawkes, 36, faced five allegations of attempted murder and three of assault and robbery when he appeared at a private hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier today.

Lewis Hawkes appeared in court and also faces assault and robbery charges

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