Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was stabbed outside the Scotmid store on Morvenside Close at around 12.25am this morning.
The 26-year-old victim was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he was treated for a number of puncture wounds and later discharged.
Police are appealing for witnesses but stated that they are following “positive lines of enquiry”.
Detective Sergeant Todd Rutherford, at Corstorphine CID, said: “This appears to have been an isolated attack and we are following positive lines of enquiry at this stage.
“I would ask anyone who may have been in the area of the Scotmid store in Morvenside Close and who witnessed this incident to call us on the 101 number.
“The victim has been discharged from hospital.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
