A man hunt has been launched after a knife-wielding thug wearing sunglasses held up two Edinburgh shops during a robbery spree.
Shop staff were threatened with a knife during two incidents in the north of Edinburgh on Saturday.
An attempted robbery took place at the Best One store on Bonnington Road at around 5.45pm.
The shopkeeper was threatened with a knife but refused to hand over money to the suspect, who fled when challenged.
Around half an hour later, staff at the Co-op on McDonald Road were threatened with a knife and £200 was stolen from the till.
The suspect in both cases is described as being around 6ft and is in his twenties.
He wore a black Nike top and joggers, with a red top underneath, as well as a black rucksack on the front of his body, orange gloves and black trainers.
Detective Sergeant Steven Gray said: "We believe these incidents are linked and between speaking to the victims and watching CCTV, there is a good description of the suspect so we're appealing to the public to help us.
"If anybody saw somebody matching this description on Bonnington Road or McDonald Road shortly before or after these incidents on Saturday, please contact us."
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Police Scotland on 101 quoting incident number 2824 of 4 July, 2020.
