Fireworks directed at police during Edinburgh Bonfire Night disorder

Police Scotland said youths set off fireworks in officers’ direction during disorder on Oxgangs Road North in Edinburgh on November 5, with no injuries reported by the force. Officers remained in the area as inquiries continued to identify those involved. The force said it received a report at about 5:30 p.m. of a group of youths creating a road blockage. When officers attended, fireworks were set off in their direction, and several small fires in bins and a park were extinguished by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. The fire service confirmed that fireworks were thrown at appliances in Colinton and Oxgang. A witness who spoke to the Press Association said youths were setting fires and firing fireworks at police and firefighters in Oxgangs and Colinton Mains. Her account was not a police finding, and the scale of the disorder was not established across the reported incidents. STV reported that about 20 youths built a blockade from pallets and wheelie bins on Oxgangs Road North and reportedly threw glass bottles at officers. That account also described fireworks aimed at officers elsewhere in Edinburgh. Police Scotland’s statement about the road blockage did not mention...