Arrests in connection with Bonfire Night disorder which left nine emergency service workers injured are expected “in the coming days”, a Scottish Government minister has said.
Police and firefighters clashed with young people on Sunday, with fireworks and petrol bombs thrown and 21 crimes committed, Justice Secretary Angela Constance said.
The worst disorder took place in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, where police say about 50 youths were involved on Hay Avenue in a repeat of scenes from last year in the same area.
Speaking in Holyrood on Tuesday, community safety minister Siobhian Brown condemned the “totally despicable” violence as she expressed her gratitude to the emergency service workers involved.
Two arrests have so far been made, one in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow.
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