Emergency services remain at the scene on Murrayburn Place in the Wester Hailes area of the capital on Monday afternoon.
Armed police have locked down a residential street in Edinburgh amid reports of an ‘ongoing incident’.
Pictures from the area show a cordon in place around a block of flats as an officer with a gun stands guard.One resident told the Daily Record that he was told to go back inside. He said: “I was going out to get a bit of lunch and hadn’t even looked out the window. “When I got outside, there was an officer in tactical gear and holding a machine gun. He said I should go back inside. When I asked him what was going on, he said he couldn't tell me.”Top news stories today Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here .
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