"Come and get me" Mob boss Mark Richardson's pal taunted Mr Big's men before latest attacks
A Transit van was blown up at a home linked to Richardson's pal Paddy Beatson on Niddrie Marischal Crescent in Edinburgh in the early hours of Monday morning.
Mob boss Mark Richardson's pal taunted henchmen working for Dubai-based gangster Ross McGill before he was targeted for the third time in a firebomb attack.
A Transit van linked to Richardson's associate Paddy Beatson was blown up outside his home on Niddrie Marischal Crescent in Edinburgh in the early hours of Monday morning.
Just days earlier, Beatson, 38, mocked McGill's enforcers - a faceless gang called Tamo Junto (TMJ) - in an online post as he urged them to "come and get him".
He wrote: "I'm home, if anyone's looking for me. I've never once ran. I've never even left my bit, other than to take my boy on a holiday.
"If anyone wants it with me today, get on me. I won't be roped into a slagging match or arguments with fake accounts. I don't do that."
The Ford van at Beatson's home was torched at around 4am on Monday. Half a mile away - and at the same time -a Range Rover believed to be owned by another associate of Richardson's was firebombed at a property on the capital's Campion Road.
Cops are treating both incidents as suspicious. Images taken in the aftermath show the burnt out shells of both vehicles.
Tamo Junto were quick to claim responsibility for the attacks in a video sent to the Record shortly after.
Footage shared by the gang shows flames bursting out of the Range Rover and the Transit van. In one clip a hooded figure can be seen standing with an accelerant canister before he backs away from the fireball.
The video plays the song Two Tribes by 80s pop group Frankie Goes to Hollywood and it ends with emojis of a black pawn chess piece and a sand timer appearing side by side.
Beaton's home has been attacked twice previously in recent months. On April 17, cops were alerted to possible fire damage at the property - and on March 20, shots were reportedly fired at the home by a masked gunman.
The property on Campion Road, where the Range Rover was torched, was also on attacked before on May 10 - the same day Ross McGill 'rejected a truce offer' with his enemies.
Pictures taken at the time showed windows boarded up in the wake of the attack after men were filmed kicking in the door.
McGill has been waging war on Richardson and his cronies in a series of violent attacks since March. We previously told how the pair are locked in a bitter feud after McGill was ripped off in a £500k cocaine deal.
Homes, cars and businesses belonging to associates of Richardson have been hit in a series of firebombings and shootings.
Machete thugs also pounced on his close ally David McMillan Snr at his home on Pitcairn Grove in the city last month.
Police said they are treating the attack on the 56-year-old as attempted murder. It was the third time McMillan had been targeted in recent weeks.
On April 17, two masked thugs set fire to his front door while children slept inside. The culprits torched the property before fleeing the scene.
Just three weeks later on May 8, a white Land Rover SUV in his driveway went up in flames after his family returned home from a shopping trip.
McGill's enforcers have also gone after the notorious Daniel crime clan during the feud due to their association with Richardson, with properties linked to the clan torched as violence spread to Glasgow.
In April, a carpet and flooring unit owned by Daniel enforcer Craig 'Rob Roy' Gallagher was torched in Bishopbriggs.
And in Milton, a female pensioner and 12-year-old boy were injured after hoods stormed their home looking for a high-ranking member of the Daniel family.
McGill's men went on to target the home of Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel, as well as the properties of his mum Annette, uncle Norman and sister Kelly 'Bo' Green.
Last month, two men were attacked with a machete at a garage owned by Robert Daniel in East Kilbride.
Last Saturday night, key Lyons clan lieutenants Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were assassinated outside Monaghan's bar in Fuengirola.
Police Scotland later released a statement to say the force currently has 'no intelligence' to link the shootings in Fuengirola to the ongoing turf war, or that the shootings were organised from within Scotland - but underworld sources have claimed that is not the case as fingers were pointed at rival hoods.
Just minutes after the double assassination, a posh mansion in the Renfrewshire village of Bridge of Weir was torched.
Last week TMJ - who have been known for showcasing their attacks online - took credit for the firebombing as they released a picture of the blaze alongside a chilling threat.
The gang wrote: 'If you write stuff about us online or try to organise violence against us. We will target you and your family.
'Don't steal from us. Don't threaten us. Don't switch on us. Or we will relentlessly come after you.'
Police Scotland has arrested 42 people in connection with a series of linked incidents relating to the war across the country in an investigation called Operation Portaledge.
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