Leith assault may be linked to hate crime

A 33-year-old man has been arrested in Edinburgh after an assault police believe is connected to an earlier hate crime.

An earlier incident saw a man abused as he was about to board a 22 bus. Picture: Jane Barlow

The assault took place at a bus stop in Great Junction Street in Leith at 
about 3:45pm on Thursday.

Police said the 18-year-old victim was uninjured.

The earlier hate crime involved a man who was subject to racial abuse as he was believed to be boarding the number 22 Lothian Bus.

PC Christopher Paul said: “This type of behaviour is absolutely unacceptable.”