Armed police lock down residential street and 'tell people living there to stay indoors'
- Officers in tactical gear arrived at Murrayburn Place in Wester Hailes at 1.30pm
Armed police have cornered off a block of flats at a residential area in Edinburgh in an ongoing incident.
They arrived at Murrayburn Place in Wester Hailes at around 1.30pm. They have now left the scene.
Police Scotland said: 'Around midday on Monday, 29 May 2023, police received a report of a male having been injured during a disturbance in Murrayburn Place, Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.
'Officers attended and there was no-one found with any injuries. A search of the area followed however no-one has been traced in connection with an earlier disturbance.
'The incident has been stood down and enquiries are ongoing to establish the exact circumstances.'
![Armed police in tactical gear with machine guns are pictured in Murrayburn Place in Edinburgh](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/29/14/71532499-12136429-image-a-21_1685368762161.jpg)
Armed police in tactical gear with machine guns are pictured in Murrayburn Place in Edinburgh
![Residents have said they were told to go back inside the block by armed police](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/29/14/71532495-12136429-image-a-22_1685368764724.jpg)
Residents have said they were told to go back inside the block by armed police
![Pictured are members of the public at the scene of the incident](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/05/29/15/71532497-12136429-image-a-26_1685371807715.jpg)
Pictured are members of the public at the scene of the incident
One resident said they stepped out their home to grab some lunch but were told to 'get back inside' by an armed officer in tactical gear.
'When I asked him what was going on, he said he couldn't tell me,' they told the Daily Record.
A second resident said: 'I have no idea what is going on, but it seems serious, is a big crowd and police still there, my jaw dropped, it's the first thing I noticed when I left my house,' they told EdinburghLive.
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