{"id":105223,"date":"2025-05-16T03:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105223\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T03:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T03:32:10","slug":"cops-rush-to-incident-in-edinburgh-as-city-centre-road-cordoned-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/105223\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops rush to incident in Edinburgh as city centre road cordoned off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have cordoned off Shandwick Place near Princes Street with a pub and shops behind place tape.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Image_20250515_214434_782jpeg.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police outside the The Grosvenor pub(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Police have been called to incident in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/edinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"EdinburghLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a>, with a city centre road closed off this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Pictures of the scene shared with the Record show Shandwick Place cordoned off by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"police tape,Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">police tape,<\/a> near Princes Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_Image_20250515_214434_730jpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Ofiicers tape off Shandwick Place(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The cordon runs from outside The Grosvenor pub to Sainsbury&#8217;s on one side of the road. Above the shops, there appears to be a broken window on the third floor of the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The large bay window has a piece of wood covering the open pane, while a curtain is half-hanging off the rail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Several officers are manning the cordon, with multiple police cars also at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The nature of the incident is currently unknown. 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