Riot cops called to Edinburgh flats as block locked down

Emergency services are currently responding to an incident in the Gilmerton area of the capital.

A residential area in Edinburgh has been locked down this evening amidst an ‘ongoing incident’. Riot police were spotted on Hyvot Green in the Gilmerton area of the city at around 3.15pm on Wednesday, May 6.

Emergency services are understood to have been responding to reports of concern for a person and a cordon has been put up around a block of flats. The exact nature of the incident is currently unknown.

According to one local resident, around nine police vehicles were in attendance. Speaking to our sister title Edinburgh Live, one person said that an individual was allegedly “throwing and kicking items out a window”.

Pictures taken from the scene show the huge response as worried locals watch on. Officers can be seen on the top floor of a block of flats.

One worried onlooker said: “The flats at the end of Hyvot Green have all been cordoned off by police, there’s about nine police vehicles there too with officers stationed outside the flats.

“I don’t know what’s happened but I saw a woman in the back of a police van and there’s ambulance here too. It seems like there’s a lot of officers here so it’s quite worrying. I hope everyone is okay.”

Police Scotland were contacted for comment.

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