{"id":1182781,"date":"2026-09-02T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182781\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:47:14","slug":"breaking-police-scotland-seal-off-strothers-lane-in-inverness-city-centre-amid-reports-of-a-violent-incident-that-appears-to-be-centred-on-a-block-of-flats-in-the-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1182781\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Police Scotland seal off Strother\u2019s Lane in Inverness city centre amid reports of a violent incident that appears to be centred on a block of flats in the area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1504 968\" alt=\"Police Cordon on Strothers Lane.\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"F50RUA1NZXW205HA5Q5M.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.55\"\/>Police Cordon on Strothers Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Police Scotland have sealed off a section of Strother\u2019s Lane in Inverness city centre.<\/p>\n<p>Activity seems to be concentrated on one doorway that is believed to be the entrance to flats, some of which are thought to be short-term lets.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inverness-courier.co.uk\/news\/crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow more of our police stories here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 612 472\" alt=\"The doorway which is the centre of activity on Strothers Lane.\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"EUSU4XUV1YIU838LHRTA.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.30\"\/>The doorway which is the centre of activity on Strothers Lane.<\/p>\n<p>The area between Academy Street and a walkway connecting to Margaret Street has been shut-off by officers.<\/p>\n<p>A police van is parked next to the Academy Street end of the cordon and a police car is situated just short of the other cordon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1600 1032\" alt=\"Only a small section of the lane was sealed off.\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"2MZ86SK2NWKGFTI918X0.jpg\" data-ar=\"1.55\"\/>Only a small section of the lane was sealed off.<\/p>\n<p>Uniformed officers are in the area while Inverness BID security are also helping keep pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>There have confirmed reports of an alleged knife attack.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: \u201cStrother\u2019s Lane in Inverness is closed due to a report of a person found injured around 3.40pm on Wednesday, September 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services are in attendance, and the public is asked to avoid the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a breaking news story and we will update it when we get more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police Cordon on Strothers Lane. Police Scotland have sealed off a section of Strother\u2019s Lane in Inverness city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1182782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,188,4884,609,1501,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1182781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scotland","tag-britain","tag-crime","tag-great-britain","tag-human-interest","tag-latest-news","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117202468483043319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1182782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}