1h 33min, aug 5, 2024 y - 2024 Riots; Stirling Stabbing

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A man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder over the stabbing of a woman in Stirling - in a case which sparked Scotland's first minister to warn against "unhelpful speculation" amid social media hysteria relating to the attack.

A 21-year-old woman was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital for treatment to a stab wound following an incident in Stirling's King Street at around 8.20pm on Saturday.

Police Scotland described the injury as "non-life threatening".

In the wake of the attack, social media reports suggested that three people had been stabbed and the attacker appeared to be Muslim.

The rumour was also promoted online by far-right activist Tommy Robinson and came amid unrest across England and in Belfast following the murders of three young girls in Southport last week.

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