Images shared online showed fireworks being launched across the ground, apparently aimed at people and vehicles.
A road was blocked by a fire and motorbikes rolled through part of Edinburgh in the chaos of Saturday's Bonfire Night. The images shared online showed a gang of bikers racing through the streets with fireworks on the ground, apparently targeting people and vehicles.
The Edinburgh council leader criticized the scenes suffered by the local community, saying that what happened was "shameful and disgusting". Specialized officers were deployed in the Niddrie area of the Scottish capital on Saturday night after a serious disorder in which police urged people to stay indoors.
Niddrie Mains Road was closed to traffic, where a fire was lit in the early evening to block the road for passing vehicles. There were also the remains of a temporary bus stop scattered across the street.
A police vehicle was also hit by a Molotov cocktail, officers said, but no one was injured, last night were shameful and disgusting."
Anyone who can help identify those responsible to contact the police so that justice can treat them properly."