Man who planted IED in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens convicted of terrorism

Nikolaos Karvounakis, 35, who is a Greek National, pled guilty to being in possession of items for a terrorist purpose at the High Court in Edinburgh today – Wednesday, January 19.

The IED was discovered in a public shelter in Princes Street Gardens on January 11, 2018.

Army bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion at the scene, roughly three hours after the alarm was raised. No one was hurt during the incident.

Source: Edinburgh News