Leith reacts to death of 22-year-old man at Great Junction Street

Edinburgh Evening News

Local residents and business owners have been reacting to the death of a 22 year-old man in Leith this morning. Emergency services descended on the major Leith road, at the junction with Bonnington Road, shortly after 2am on Tuesday, September 2, following reports of a man having been found injured. Despite paramedics’ efforts to save his life, the 22-year-old man died at the scene. Police said that a post mortem examination will be carried out and that the death is being treated as suspicious.

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00:00A 22 year old man died on Great Junction Street following reports of a man having been found

00:06injured in the early hours of Tuesday, September 2nd.

00:12I'm here at Great Junction Street where emergency services race to the scene at the corner of

00:17Great Junction Street and Bonington Road at around 2am this morning. The road is still

00:23currently closed to traffic. It's around one's time here on Tuesday on Great Junction Street.

00:28I've been speaking to locals who have told me of their shock about what's happened here.

00:35He said that a post-mortem examination will be carried out and that the death is currently

00:39being treated as suspicious. While most locals were shocked about the incident,

00:44some told me they were not surprised that such a tragic event has happened.

00:50As you can see Great Junction Street remains closed here on Tuesday once climbing leaf and you can

00:55also see in the background a forensic tent has been arrested at the scene of the crime.

01:00Police are still carrying out their investigations.

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