Shock video shows mobsters firebomb SUV & van at home previously targeted in daylight raid as Scotland's gang war rages
Shocking video shows two vehicles ablaze in double attack in Scots capital
TORCHED Shock video shows mobsters firebomb SUV & van at home previously targeted in daylight raid as Scotland's gang war rages
BRAZEN mobsters have torched the cars of rival gang members as Scotland's brutal turf war shows no signs of slowing down.
A video shared to The Scottish Sun shows a plush Range Rover Evoque ablaze after being firebombed in a suburban Edinburgh street in the dead of night.
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Pictures show the charred remains of the plush Range Rover in Edinburgh
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The area has been taped off by cops
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Cops say they were called to both blazes within minutes of each other
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The latest video of gangland feud shows a car and a van set on fire in Edinburgh
The luxury SUV is parked in the capital's Campion Road, thought to be outside of the home of an associate of crime kingpin, Mark Richardson, 37, who is currently locked up at HMP Low Moss.
The clip shows the Range Rover on fire while the accompanying music in the 22 second clip is from Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 1988 hit Two Tribes with the lyrics "When two tribes go to war, a point is all that you can score."
The clip then changes to footage of another vehicle, this time a large white Ford Transit van being firebombed as a masked hood runs back from the blaze, before throwing, what appears to be, more fuel over the flames.
The sinister video - shared by mob group Tamo Junto - ends with a picture of a black chess piece and an egg timer, presumably some kind of symbolic warning from one side to the other.
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Tamo Junto - or TMJ - is headed up by Dubai-based fugitive Ross McGill out for revenge over a dodgy drug deal.
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Dubai-based ultra Ross McGill is waging war on Mark Richardson and his allies
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Mark Richardson is currently banged up in HMP Low Moss
Credit: The Scottish Sun
Cops say they were called to both blazes within minutes of each other.
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Police say they received a call to say the Ford van was ablaze at around 3:55am and five minutes later the SUV was torched in the targeted attacks.
It's the second time in a matter of weeks that the Campion Road address has been targeted.
We told last month how a masked trio had raided a house in the same street, smashing their way through windows and doors to gain entry.
Inside the rise of ex-Rangers ultras chief turned mob boss waging gangland war across Scotland
The war has been raging for more than two months and cops have nabbed 32 people over firebombings, shootings and murder plots allegedly linked to the chaos.
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Police have since taped off Campion Road where the SUV sits blackened and burnt out.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "Enquiries are ongoing following reports of two wilful fireraisings in Edinburgh on Monday, 9 June, 2025.
"Around 3.55am officers were made aware a Ford Transit van was on fire on Niddrie Marischal Crescent.
"Five minutes later, police received a report a Range Rover Evoque on Campion Road was also on fire.
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The latest attacks indicate the gang feud has no signs of slowing down
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The burnt out car outside Campion Road in Edinburgh
'Both incidents are being treated as suspicious.'
A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue said: "We attended after the initial call at 3.56am, we sent two appliances. We left the scene at 6.22am."
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