Police raid houses linked to terror group PKK

Police have raided a number of houses in Edinburgh with possible links to the terrorist group the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

No arrests were made and the investigation is continuing.

The PKK has Marxist-Leninist roots and was created in a bid to form an independent Kurdish state within Turkey.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “On Wednesday, Police Scotland executed search warrants at a number of addresses in the Edinburgh area in connection with an ongoing investigation