Criminal Record has brought together a round-up of today’s biggest crime stories.
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Here’s what has been making the news across the country on Saturday.
Five injured in ‘knifeman’ rampage
Five men were injured in Edinburgh after a man allegedly wielding a knife rampaged through the streets.
Police received multiple calls from terrified members of the public about violent attacks, threats, robbery and vandalism across the west of Edinburgh and Leith on Friday, June 19.
Two men were found injured in the Sighthill area of Edinburgh at 8.50pm. The Record understands they were attacked near Broomhill Mosque.
READ MORE: Five injured after man ‘wielding knife’ rampaged through Edinburgh
TRNSMT arrests
Four teenagers were among six men arrested on the opening day of the TRNSMT festival. Police Scotland confirmed that the men, aged between 16 and 42, had been arrested in connection with separate incidents at Glasgow Green.
Artists including Nile Rodgers, Becky Hill and headliner Richard Ashcroft took to the stage as the eighth edition of the festival officially got under way on Friday, June 19.
A party atmosphere was enjoyed for much of the music festival’s first day yesterday but it was soured by a number of incidents including a mass which involved 40 to 50 people.
READ MORE: Six arrested on TRNSMT day one as teens nicked over assaults and drugs offences
Car torched in gang war
Chilling footage has captured the moment two thugs torched a car after it was used in a ram-raid in Glasgow.
The car crashed into the living room window of the house on Garvel Crescent in Glasgow in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The property is understood to be occupied by people linked to two brothers, Andrew, 32, and James Quinn, 27, accused of plotting murder bids as part of a bloody turf war raging across Scotland.
READ MORE: Chilling footage captures moment gangland hoods torch ram-raid car outside Glasgow home
E-bike hit and run
Nicky Campbell’s daughter was rushed to hospital after being struck by an e-bike.
The BBC broadcaster said Lilla, 26, was with her sisters in the Peckham area of London when the incident unfolded on Friday night.
Taking to Instagram, he said: “‘It’s been a long and emotional night. My daughter Lilla was hit by an e-bike hit-and-run last night in Peckham – hopefully there is CCTV.”
Lilla was taken to A&E at King’s College Hospital for treatment.
READ MORE: BBC star Nicky Campbell’s daughter ‘badly injured’ in e-bike hit and run
Cruise worker dies
A cruise ship worker has died after falling from a ship in the Sound of Mull near Oban. The male worker fell from the Hebridean Princess on Tuesday evening.
The Oban Coastguard Rescue Team were called out to the water at 8pm. It is understood that 38 people were on board the ship at the time.
Hebridean Island Cruises, which operates the ship, said its thoughts were with the crew member’s family, friends and colleagues.
They said an immediate response was initiated on board the ship, and HM Coastguard and Police Scotland were notified.
READ MORE: Cruise worker dies after falling from ship near Oban
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