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Arrests after youth pictured with machete in central Edinburgh

News imageAlan Simpson Photography Person holding a large bladed weapon walking across a city centre street, with pedestrians nearby and buildings lining the pavement.Alan Simpson Photography
A young man was photographed in Rose Street carrying what appeared to be a machete

Two teenage boys have been arrested after police received reports of people carrying bladed weapons in Edinburgh city centre.

A photo taken in Rose Street showed a young man walking with what appeared to be large machete in his hand, just a short distance from other pedestrians.

Police - including specialist firearms officers - were called to the street at about 14:55 on Friday and two male youths, aged 17 and 15, were arrested.

No-one was reported to have been injured and Police Scotland said inquiries were ongoing