Chilling new footage has emerged of the latest attacks in Edinburgh’s gang war, with the mysterious perpetrators seeming to brand their operation with a gang name
Eerie new footage has surfaced showing the latest episode in an escalating gang conflict on Britain’s streets, with its mysterious perpetrators seemingly now giving their firebombing campaign a gang name.
The harrowing clip captures a serious recent arson attack on a residential street in Edinburgh, which was carried out before dawn on Friday, April 4. This is the second such attack on the street, Hay Drive in Niddrie, with a similar firebombing incident taking place in recent weeks.
The gang mayhem has now reportedly breached Edinburgh’s borders, with masked assailants also firebombing two homes in Glasgow. In one attack, footage seen by EdinburghLive shows a masked figure covering a house’s front step in liquid from a jerry can.
One of the attackers then hurls a projectile at the door, which ignites the liquid and engulfs the doorway in flames. The culprits then flee from the inferno as it begins to consume the building.
Another clip showed an individual squatting outside a residence on Hay Drive, hurling a fire-laden object through a window, triggering a colossal blaze within the building.
The video carries a renewed caution aimed at Mark Richardson, an imprisoned cocaine kingpin who is reportedly the target of these arson attacks, and his associates. The cryptic sign-off “Tamo Junto,” a Brazilian Portuguese slogan meaning “we’re together” or “we’re in this together”, accompanies the footage.
The inscribed warning states: “We are urging everyone in Scotland on the streets and those incarcerated to join us in the fight against Mark Richardson and the Daniels family.
“These rats have been thieving for a long time. It’s time for people to stand together as one and remove this vermin from our streets. Tamo Juncho.”
The video ends with a chilling emblem featuring a fanged skull adorned with the saltire, crossed by two guns, and the inscription “TMJ 2025”, hinting at the gang’s name or slogan.
Police have verified that a deliberate arson attack took place on Hay Drive around 1.20am on Friday, which horrifyingly spread to an adjacent house, ensnaring innocent residents in the fallout of the vindictive assault.
The police commented: “While we believe this was a targeted attack, the fire has spread to a neighbouring property and the consequences could have been far more serious.”
“Our enquiries suggest this incident is linked to groups who are actively targeting each other but we understand this will be concerning for the local community.”
Another incident captured on video outside Kelvinside Motor Company on Milton Road in Glasgow shows the audacious culprits apparently igniting a vehicle with a flaming object in the garage’s parking area.
Insiders informed Edinburgh Live: “This new group is like the equivalent of the Scottish mafia. Anyone I know who sells drugs isn’t really interested in violence and wants to remain low key.
“These guys seem to be like a cartel or mafia organisation with the level of violence and videos they’re releasing.”