Firebombs and masked attacks - how a gangland feud escalated

A feud between rival criminal gangs in Glasgow and Edinburgh has escalated with firebomb attacks and physical violence in recent weeks.

A number of properties were set alight in Edinburgh and surrounding areas in March, before the attacks spread to the west at the beginning of April. Since then at least 11 properties have been targeted.

The unrest continued in the early hours of Saturday when a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were assaulted by masked men at a house in Glasgow. Until then no one had been reported as injured in the feud.

Police Scotland have said the incidents are thought to be targeted attacks and are being treated as linked. A number of arrests have been made and the force has promised more are imminent.

2 March: The unrest first breaks out when a car is set on fire in the Parrotshot area of Edinburgh.

6 March: A beauty salon in Edinburgh is the first building to be hit after it was set alight in the early hours of the morning.

16 March: A property in Milton Road East, Portobello was next to be set on fire.

20 and 21 March: Reports of shots being fired in Marischal Crescent, Niddrie. Five hours later, shots were also fired in West Pilton Bank, Edinburgh. Police confirmed the incidents were thought to be "linked to groups who are actively targeting each other".

3 April: Local officers carried out raids on five houses in Edinburgh and Musselburgh alongside Police Scotland's specialist organised crime team. A number of items relevant to the investigation were seized including weapons, drugs and cash. Two men were arrested and charged with drugs offences.

4 April: A house on Hay Drive, in the Niddrie area, was targeted at about 01:20. The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring property and both were badly damaged. Later that day detectives, supported by firearms officers, executed two additional firearms search warrants in the Leith area of Edinburgh.

3 April: A house was deliberately set on fire more than 50 miles away in Cortmalaw Gardens, in the Robroyston area of Glasgow.

4 April: A premises in Milton Road, Kirkintilloch is next to be targeted.

7 April: Three homes are targeted within hours of each other. Properties in Gala Street Street and Ashgill Road, Glasgow, and Meadow Court, Stepps, were all set alight in the early hours.

8 April: A fire at a carpet business in Bishopbriggs is the latest business to be hit.

12 April: The feud turns violent after a 72-year-old and a 12-year-old are seriously assaulted at a house in Egilsay Crescent in Milton shortly after midnight.

14 April: Police Scotland confirm they were called to two fires in Bishopbriggs - one in Colston Drive and one in John Marshall Drive, both at about 12:50. Investigations over whether these fires are linked to the feud are still taking place.