Bonfire Night carnage captured in police chopper night vision footage as gangs clash with riot cops

POLICE chopper footage has shown convulsive gangs of youths moving rampage connected the streets connected Bonfire Night.

Riot police and members of the nationalist came nether attack by pyro-armed louts successful yet different twelvemonth of shocking scenes connected the streets.

Gangs of youths launched fireworks, hurled bricks astatine cops and torched motors connected the thoroughfare amid the shameful scenes successful Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Violence erupted for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a enactment successful the capital's Niddrie arsenic riot cops chased down gangs of younker who were pelting them with fireworks.

Pyro thugs besides targeted a petrol presumption connected Calder Road successful Sighthill, launching rockets astatine the forecourt and mounting fires connected the road.

Pollokshields was described arsenic a "war zone" past nighttime arsenic fireworks were sent flying successful the absorption of passing cars by masked youths and different centrifugal was acceptable connected fire.

Footage captured by a night-vision camera connected committee a Police Scotland chopper showed the shameful unit unfolded.

Hooded thugs acceptable disconnected fireworks successful an underpass earlier moving rampage done the streets.

The video past shows them lobbing bricks and solid bottles astatine a enactment of riot cops portion tiny fires burned successful the road.

Police Scotland launched Operation Moonbeam successful an effort to tackle Bonfire Night unit crossed the country.

The nationalist unit responded to 585 calls astir fireworks and issued 8 dispersal orders.

Five were issued successful Moredum, 2 successful Gracemount and 1 successful Niddrie.

Since Halloween, 19 radical person been nicked crossed Scotland for fireworks-related crimes.

Six radical person been charged nether the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles Act, portion a further 26 person been charged for alleged associated criminality.

Police chiefs person present vowed to hunt down the thugs who terrorised communities with their bonfire nighttime violence, with much arrests expected successful the coming days.

Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs, Gold Commander for Operation Moonbeam, said: “Now that our Bonfire Night deployments person stood down, our probe teams volition statesman reviewing each the grounds we obtained done Body Worn Video, Air Support Unit footage and statements from the public.

“This volition assistance america found the identities of those who chose to origin harm wrong our communities and who sought to onslaught and injure exigency work workers.

“While I americium encouraged that we didn’t spot the aforesaid levels of superior upset 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.”

Chief Superintendent David Robertson, Divisional Commander for Edinburgh, said his cops are continuing to probe unit that took spot connected Bonfire nighttime and Halloween.

“I made it wide pursuing the incidents that occurred during the evening of Halloween that we’d leave nary chromatic unturned arsenic portion of our investigations and I americium reaffirming that connection today.

“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 travel crossed our metropolis were violently attacked, which is wholly unacceptable.

“I americium enormously grateful and immensely arrogant of each of the officers and unit who contributed to Operation Moonbeam.

"Colleagues worked tirelessly down the scenes and connected the beforehand line, putting themselves successful harm’s mode to reconstruct bid and instrumentality these areas to a authorities of normality arsenic rapidly arsenic possible, but the work begins present successful presumption of identifying and arresting everyone responsible.

“If members of the nationalist person accusation oregon grounds that tin assistance with our inquiries past delight interaction america immediately.”

'Targeted disorder'

Chief Superintendent Lynn Ratcliff, Divisional Commander for Greater Glasgow Division, said: “The overwhelming bulk of those wrong Glasgow chose to bask Bonfire Night successful the due spirit.

"However, groups of young people, motivated to origin the maximum magnitude of fearfulness and alarm carried retired targeted upset successful definite parts of the city.

“This enactment not lone section residents astatine hazard but meant constabulary officers, fire work unit and ambulance crews were successful danger of being injured, arsenic they responded to support communities. Thankfully, however, nary injuries were reported.

“Detectives crossed Glasgow are reviewing each grounds they obtained during Bonfire Night, and moving with the nationalist to stitchery much information, which volition assistance bring these offenders to justice.

“If you judge you tin assistance with our ongoing inquiries past delight get successful touch.”