Police in Edinburgh, Scotland, are facing backlash after they reportedly failed to intervene when an alleged migrant, wielding massive knives, reportedly stabbed at least two people and tried to break into a daycare on Monday morning.
Quite extraordinary your officers locked themselves in their patrol cars whilst this individual walked the streets with two knives approaching members of the public. pic.twitter.com/vxVTbuxcq6
— Az (@bernielips) March 2, 2026
The man who is originally from Somalia tried to gain entry into a nursery in the Daycare.
Authorities received reports of a “man with a bladed weapon,” but when they arrived, they allegedly refused to get out of their vehicles as the suspect damaged a shop, attacked people, and then tried to get into the nursery.
A local resident said the knifeman “tried to get into the school, the nursery,” the Mirror reports.
“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.”
Another witness stated, “The man was stood outside the back of the shops. I could see his hands covered in blood. And the knives were drenched in it.”
“Parents from the school were running with their kids into cars. We begged the police to come and help.” They reportedly didn’t.
The knifer was barricaded for some time in his welfare apartment.
The Somali man is not a terrorist because he is mentally ill. What a relief! Just a foreigner in camouflage trying to break into a nursery.
As long as the police are safe and he’s not a terrorist, only terrorizing.
🚨BREAKING: The triple stabber in Edinburgh has been ARRESTED UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 🏴
THEY HAVE RULED OUT TERRORISM AND SAID IT IS MENTAL HEALTH RELATED❗️
THIS ABSOLUTELY STINKS OF A COVER UP ALREADY ⚠️ https://t.co/EGNevDXODM pic.twitter.com/HDk7TPIM8U
— BRITAIN IS BROKEN 🇬🇧 (@BROKENBRITAIN0) March 2, 2026
🚨 ALERT: Don’t Worry, Scotland – It’s NOT Terror-Related: Just a Knifeman in Combat Gear Stabbing People Near a School
Edinburgh Calder stabbing: “Man” in combat gear roaming with TWO huge knives, smashes local shop, stabs multiple people (at least two in hospital), barricades… pic.twitter.com/ZHow8Lscgj
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) March 2, 2026
