CCTV shows moments leading up to arrest in anti-Muslim attacks probe

CCTV shows moments leading up to arrest in anti-Muslim attacks probe21 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleMary McCoolBBC ScotlandBBCCCTV shows a man being arrested eight minutes after he arrived in Leith WalkThe BBC has obtained CCTV footage showing the moments leading up to the arrest of a man, following a number of suspected anti-Muslim attacks across Edinburgh.A topless man can be seen in the footage driving erratically before abandoning his car and attacking a black man and a delivery rider, while smoking and wielding two large knives.Police said five people in total were hurt in attacks at various locations across Edinburgh on Friday night and that counter-terrorism police had joined the probe.Two of the injured men had attended prayer at Broomhouse mosque about half an hour before they were attacked.Man charged after suspected anti-Muslim attacks in EdinburghThe footage shows a man apparently holding knives, pursuing a black man who has just got off a tram The CCTV footage seen by the BBC shows a man swerving a dark car onto Leith Walk and straddling the vehicle across a cycle lane.The man gets out of his car, topless, and runs towards a man on an e-bike before disappearing out of shot.He returns to his car and gets inside briefly, before emerging and running towards a black man who has stepped off a tram.The footage shows the topless man, with a cigarette in his mouth, repeatedly striking at the black man with two large knives in his hand.The black man runs away and the bare-chested man gives up the chase, returning to batter the door of a pizzeria on Leith Walk while members of the public run away.Minutes later, the man runs onto Leith Walk and attacks a delivery driver on an e-bike, who falls off his vehicle.Police arrive on scene shortly afterwards and detain the man about five minutes after he first pulled up in the street. Mobile phone footage shows a man attacking a pizzeria on Leith Walk Stabbing after prayerPolice said a total of five peopl...