Overview
- Mustafa Kokoneh, 23, appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with eight offences including two counts of attempted murder and was remanded for further examination.
- Two people were taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; a man suffered non–life‑threatening stab wounds and a woman sustained a head laceration not believed to be from a blade.
- Armed officers, specialist units and multiple ambulances responded around 8.25am to Calder Gardens, and a cordon was established around Cobbinshaw House.
- Nearby schools and nurseries were placed in lockdown as a precaution and later reopened, and local bus services were diverted.
- Police Scotland says the incident is contained and not terror-related, officers remain in the area, and the force warns against misinformation, noting no reports of attempts to enter a nursery and that it was not a hostage situation.