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Man killed during string of attacks around Skye is named | Man killed during string of attacks around Skye is named |
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The dead man has been named as John MacKinnon | The dead man has been named as John MacKinnon |
A man has died and three people have been injured in a series of shootings around Skye. | A man has died and three people have been injured in a series of shootings around Skye. |
The dead man has been named locally as John MacKinnon. | The dead man has been named locally as John MacKinnon. |
Police were called to a report of a 32-year-old woman being injured at a property in Tarskavaig, on Skye, shortly before 09:00 on Wednesday. | |
Officers were then called to an incident about eight miles away (13km) in Teangue where police said a gun was fired and man, 47, died. | |
They were later called to an incident in Dornie, near Kyle of Lochalsh on the west Highland mainland, where a gun was also fired. | |
A man was seriously injured and taken to hospital in Inverness, while a woman was taken to hospital on Skye. They have been named locally as John Don Mackenzie and Fay Mackenzie. | A man was seriously injured and taken to hospital in Inverness, while a woman was taken to hospital on Skye. They have been named locally as John Don Mackenzie and Fay Mackenzie. |
Police said the incidents were linked and a 39-year-old man had been arrested. He has also been taken to hospital. | Police said the incidents were linked and a 39-year-old man had been arrested. He has also been taken to hospital. |
Ian Blackford, SNP MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, described it as a "very, very dark period" for Skye and Lochalsh. | |
He told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme: "These are small communities where everybody tends to know everyone and there is a real sense of shock." | |
Mr Blackford praised the response of the emergency services and Highland Council to the incidents. | |
Kate Forbes, Scottish finance secretary and MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said close-knit communities had been "shattered to our core". | |
The emergency services' response include multiple teams and vehicles, including helicopters | |
Police at a property at Teangue on Skye | |
John Finlayson, Highland councillor for Skye and Raasay, said his thoughts were with families and communities affected. | |
Mr Finlayson said: "I've never known tragedy like this and there's two communities that have been affected here - one on Skye and one on the mainland. | |
"So, it's a sad day, it's a tragic day, and it's a very tough day for us all." | |
Hamish Fraser, of Broadford and Strath Community Council on Skye, said the events of Wednesday were unheard of in living memory and the shockwaves would be felt across local communities for weeks and months. | |
The rescue operation saw multiple ambulances, air ambulances and special rapid retrieval emergency teams, which are only summoned for incidents in rural locations when people are in critical need of medical attention. | The rescue operation saw multiple ambulances, air ambulances and special rapid retrieval emergency teams, which are only summoned for incidents in rural locations when people are in critical need of medical attention. |
On Wednesday, Ch Supt Conrad Trickett said: "Incidents such as this are thankfully extremely rare but I understand that this will have a significant effect on the local community in these rural areas. | |
"I would like to reassure people that we are treating these incidents as contained with no wider threat to the public. | "I would like to reassure people that we are treating these incidents as contained with no wider threat to the public. |
"There will a significant police presence in the area over the coming days and we will be working with partners to provide support to the local community." | "There will a significant police presence in the area over the coming days and we will be working with partners to provide support to the local community." |
The Scottish Ambulance Service said multiple ambulances, air ambulances, a special operations response team and an emergency medical retrieval service team attended the scenes. | The Scottish Ambulance Service said multiple ambulances, air ambulances, a special operations response team and an emergency medical retrieval service team attended the scenes. |