Man arrested after fireworks target Glasgow emergency crews

Police Scotland said one man was arrested after officers and ambulance crews responding to an injured man in Glasgow were targeted with fireworks on November 5, leaving a police vehicle seriously damaged and an ambulance worker with a minor injury. The crews were called to Greenside Street at about 7:55pm. According to the force, fireworks were directed at them as they attended, and a police vehicle was set alight. Specialist resources from Operation Amberlight were deployed, police said. Inquiries are ongoing, and officers remained in the area. Earlier that evening, Police Scotland said officers responding to a reported road blockage on Oxgangs Road North in Edinburgh were also met with fireworks. The force received the report at about 5:30pm. It said no injuries were reported in that incident and inquiries continued. Bins were overturned and set on fire in the Oxgangs and Colinton Mains area, according to reports from the scene. An unnamed witness told the Press Association that young people were setting fires and shooting fireworks at police and firefighters. That account was a witness description; Police Scotland’s statement confirmed fireworks were set off in officers’...