A man has been charged in connection with an alleged attack on two police officers on a busy Scots street.
Cops raced to Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh following reports of a "man acting strangely" at around 12.25pm on Tuesday. Two officers attended and sustained minor injuries .
A 26-year-old man has been charged in connection with the incident. Images taken from the scene, and shared with Edinburgh Live, showed officers in four marked vehicles swoop on the street around lunchtime.
One eye-witness said: "It was busy with office workers on their lunch break - everyone was wondering what was going on."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were called around 12.25pm on Tuesday, 21 February, to a report of a man acting strangely on Atholl Crescent Edinburgh.
"Two officers attended and were assaulted. They sustained minor injuries but did not require medical treatment.
“A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with the incident. A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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