Edinburgh Calder incident: Two people injured in Edinburgh lockdown after bladed weapon incident

Police urged the public urged to avoid the area as a heavy police and ambulance service presence descended on the area. The area was taped off, with nearby Sighthill Primary School having been placed in lockdown.

It has now been confirmed that two people have been taken to Edinburgh’s Royal Infirmary with injuries and that the incident is ‘contained’.

Chief Inspector Scott Kennedy said: "The earlier disturbance in the Calder area of Edinburgh is now contained and there is not believed to be any wider risk to the public.

“The incident is not being treated as terror related.

“Officers were called to reports of a man with a bladed weapon on Calder Gardens around 8.25am.

“Specialist resources, including firearms officers, are in attendance at a property nearby and enquiries are ongoing.“Two people were injured and taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.“I understand this is an alarming incident for the local community. I want to reassure the public, officers will remain in the area as our enquiries continue. Anyone with information or concerns can approach these officers or call us on 101."

A spokesperson for the Scottish Ambulance Service added: “We received a call at 08:34 to attend an incident on Calder Gardens, Edinburgh. We dispatched three ambulances, three paramedic response units (PRU), and a special operations response team (SORT) to the scene. We transported two patients to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.”

City of Edinburgh Council confirmed that it had closed its nearby buildings to the public. The local authority said it hoped to reopen them shortly.

A Council spokesperson said: “We’re aware of an ongoing incident in the Calder area of the city and are continuing to support Police Scotland.

“Following police advice, all Council buildings nearby, including schools and early years centres, were closed to the public.

“We’re hoping to be able to reopen these shortly and are continuing to keep parents and local residents updated.

“Please contact the police on 101 if you have any information or concerns.”

Local residents were locked down for almost three hours, with local schools and nurseries also also affected.

One local resident reported seeing a man with two knives in the area at around 8.30am, with police already in the area.

Carly Lennie, 17, said: “I was walking towards the pharmacy at around 8.30am and I saw a guy walking around with two knives. The police were there but they didn’t do anything. I left and went home and then came back out here when all the police were here.”

A worker at a local cafe said he had been told by his boss that the man had also been in the vicinity at around 8.45am.

Ben Gray said: “My boss was getting out the car and a man approached him with two knives behind his back. Another colleague ran out and told him the guy had knives. There was a police car there but they weren’t doing anything.”

Another local, Abigail Clegg , said the armed man had "tried to get into the school, the nursery" before he was chased away.

She told Press Association : "He (then) went into the shop. He ransacked the shop, the shop's a mess.

"He chased the people that work in the shop with a knife."