Seven people detained in Scotland after Bonfire Night riots

Bonfire Night riots

On the night of November 5, riots broke out in several areas of Scotland, accompanied by attacks on emergency services with fireworks. According to Anadolu, a total of seven people were detained. In Glasgow, on Greenside Street in the Provanmill area, a police van was destroyed by fire; a 16-year-old teenager was detained over this incident. A police officer and an ambulance worker sustained minor injuries when fireworks were shot at them while they were responding to a report of an injured man.

Attacks on services and the authorities' response

In Edinburgh, police officers and passers-by were attacked with fireworks, and firefighters came under attack in several cities while responding to calls; no injuries among firefighters or serious damage to fire engines were reported. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service received more than 1,172 calls related to fireworks and bonfires; authorities issued 21 dispersal orders in Edinburgh and 13 in Glasgow, though no charges have been brought for violating fireworks control zones. Chief Superintendent David Robertson said that police officers, medics and firefighters 'protect communities and should not become targets of violence,' and promised a thorough investigation. Scotland's Education Secretary Mairi McAllan described the riots and attacks on emergency services as 'completely unacceptable,' while noting that the majority of festive events passed without incidents. Bonfire Night is celebrated annually on November 5 in memory of the Gunpowder Plot against the English Parliament, uncovered in 1605.