Kirkton riots Dundee: Police called amid 'appalling scenes'

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RIOT police had to be deployed to quell disorder after gangs of youths set fire to bins and blocked off roads in Dundee.

A mob of around 50 people went on the rampage in the Kirkton area of the city, sealing off roads with a barrier of burning bins and ransacking an empty house.Posting on social media, Alexander said: “Once again, a small group brings the area down and for what… a chase, to appear ‘hard’ or for ‘fun’.

“Well done to the group of roughly 50 folk who have, quite literally, caused huge concern and worry in the area, cost taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds and once again knocked their own community.“Thanks, as ever, to Police Scotland Tayside and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for putting themselves in harm’s way to protect the community.”

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