Police make 19 arrests after Bonfire Night disorder

Police person made 19 arrests implicit firework offences betwixt Halloween and Bonfire Night, with much expected successful the coming days.

Six radical person been charged nether the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Act and 26 further charges person been made for related transgression behaviour.

Police officers and firefighters were attacked with fireworks, bricks and bottles connected Bonfire Night, arsenic crews responded to much than 1,000 exigency calls crossed the country.

The unit said residents successful Edinburgh and Glasgow were near "terrified" by the "targeted" upset and that constabulary were carrying retired inquiries to place those responsible.

There were six incidents wherever Scottish Fire and Rescue Service teams were attacked - 3 successful Clydebank, 2 successful Edinburgh and 1 successful Blackridge successful West Lothian.

Police officers were besides attacked with fireworks and missiles but said incidents of superior upset had fallen compared to past year.

The Niddrie, Calder Road, Gracemount and Moredun areas of Edinburgh and the Pollokshields country of Glasgow were the worst affected, constabulary confirmed.

Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs said: “While I americium encouraged that we didn’t spot the aforesaid levels of superior disorder, erstwhile compared to past year, I americium nether nary illusion that the actions of a number of individuals inactive had a important and detrimental interaction connected assorted communities crossed Scotland.

“Their actions volition not beryllium tolerated, and detectives are moving tirelessly to marque arrests and guarantee each of those progressive successful the offences we witnessed are brought to account.”

In Edinburgh, ample groups of youths had gathered and thrown fireworks, bottles and bricks astatine cars and constabulary vehicles.

A constabulary chopper was brought successful to assistance with the operation.

Footage taken from the chopper showed ample groups of radical throwing missiles astatine officers and fireworks astatine nationalist property.

A major incidental nationalist portal has been created for radical to stock video and photograph grounds of Bonfire Night offences successful their area.

A constabulary spokesperson said they received a study of 21 cars being damaged by fireworks astatine a car dealership successful Calder Road, Edinburgh.

Several car windows were smashed and bodywork was dented and scratched.

Staff astatine a adjacent BP petrol presumption told the BBC they had to seal disconnected pumps to forestall an detonation arsenic fireworks were being launched into the edifice adjacent door.

Ch Supt David Robertson, divisional commandant for Edinburgh, said constabulary would permission “no chromatic unturned" successful identifying those responsible.

He said: “Law-abiding members of the nationalist surviving successful Niddrie, Calder Road, Gracemount and Moredun were near terrified arsenic superior upset took spot successful their communities and captious autobus services that let harmless question crossed our metropolis were violently attacked, which is wholly unacceptable."

Control zones banning the usage of fireworks in definite areas of Edinburgh are successful spot until 10 November for the archetypal time.

Parts of Glasgow were owed to beryllium covered by a akin prohibition but it was delayed until adjacent year owed to a assembly error.

Police said occurrence crews were called to ample fig of unauthorised bonfires being lit successful Glasgow and they were met with ample groups of hostile youths.

Footage taken successful Pollokshields, successful the southbound broadside of the city, showed fireworks being acceptable disconnected by a radical successful the mediate of the street.

The Unison national said residents had seen ample groups of young men causing upset until 02:00, firing "industrial-sized" fireworks astatine people, buildings and cars, and mounting occurrence to nationalist property.

Ch Supt Lynn Ratcliff, divisional commandant for Greater Glasgow, said groups of young radical progressive successful the upset had been "motivated to origin the maximum magnitude of fearfulness and alarm".

She added: “This enactment not lone section residents astatine risk, but meant constabulary officers, occurrence work unit and ambulance crews were successful information of being injured, arsenic they responded to support communities."

No 1 was injured successful incidents successful Glasgow and Edinburgh, constabulary confirmed.

A 25-year-old antheral was arrested and a "significant quantity" of fireworks seized aft a hunt of a van successful Drumchapel.

The unit said the fireworks were being sold to the wide public, including to under-age children.

Meanwhile, successful Peterhead astatine astir 21:20, a antheral was deed by a van driven by individuals who, moments before, had acceptable disconnected a pyrotechnic successful a skate parkland successful Aalesund Road.

The 33-year-old was treated by paramedics astatine the country but did not request further aesculapian attention.

Two men, aged 62 and 57, person been arrested successful transportation with the incident.