Police have condemned the “extreme violence” which saw petrol bombs and fireworks thrown at riot police in Edinburgh and left several officers injured.
The clean-up operation was well underway on Monday, but much of the area was still littered with debris from the night before.Boxes of spent fireworks had also been discarded on a grass common close to Hay Avenue with names such as Atomic Bomb.Police were called to Hay Avenue at 4.40pm, and buses were cancelled with road closures implemented
No firefighters were injured – however, a fire appliance in West Lothian had a windscreen smashed by a brick and had to be removed from operational service. He said that that while the majority of Scotland enjoyed Bonfire Night, “Police Scotland officers were subjected to unprecedented levels of violence”.Drone footage from Niddrie showed a line of police officers with riot shields standing in front of vans with blue lights flashing.The police made a retreat as a petrol bomb hit the ground in front of them and fireworks exploded.The officers then ran at the assailants, in footage filmed from a nearby sports centre.
In Dundee, two police vehicles were struck by bricks in the Beauly Square area, while in Glasgow police received a report of about 20 youths fighting and throwing fireworks at one another in Barmulloch. Andy Watt, SFRS assistant chief officer, said: “Attacks on our firefighters are completely unacceptable.
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