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Man in court charged with two attempted murders after Edinburgh stabbing
Mustafa Kokoneh faces eight charges including two counts of attempted murder after a stabbing incident in Edinburgh that injured two people, police said.
- At Edinburgh Sheriff Court on March 4, Mustafa Kokoneh, 23-year-old suspect, faced eight charges including two counts of attempted murder.
- Armed police locked down the Calder Gardens area on Monday after reports of a man with a bladed weapon at about 8.25am, and the Cobbinshaw House tower block was sealed until shortly after 3.30pm.
- Prosecutors detailed charges spanning assault, weapons offences and vandalism, including assault to danger of life, assault to severe injury, permanent impairment, possession of a bladed article, carrying offensive weapons and vandalism.
- Both injured people were treated at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and have since been discharged, and he is due back in court within eight days.
- Police Scotland warned against misinformation spreading on social media and said the incident is not terror-related; Mustafa Kokoneh is understood to be a Chad national who has lived in Edinburgh since 2023.
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