A 70-year-old girl has been charged with a driving offence after a automotive collided with pro-Palestinian protesters in Edinburgh.
Police Scotland stated the crash concerned a small variety of folks and, whereas there had been experiences of minor accidents, nobody wanted medical consideration.
Photos posted on social media present a black Seat Leon surrounded by protesters and cops on The Mound within the metropolis centre on Saturday afternoon.
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A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “Round 2.30pm on Saturday, we have been made conscious of a street crash involving a automotive and a small variety of pedestrians in Ramsay Lane, Edinburgh.
“Officers obtained experiences of minor accidents from pedestrians, however no medical consideration was required.
“A 70-year-old girl has been arrested and charged in reference to a driving offence.
“A report will probably be despatched to the Procurator Fiscal.”
Organisers stated “a number of thousand” folks attended the pro-Palestine protest in Edinburgh.
The demonstration was one in all many happening throughout the UK and Eire, together with in London and Dublin, as a part of a “international day of motion” in dozens of nations internationally.
The Metropolitan Police stated 9 folks have been arrested as hundreds of individuals marched by way of central London.
The protests got here a day after the UK joined the US in attacking Houthi bases in Yemen.
