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

The 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. 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 t

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