Teen fire charge brings gang arrests total to 49
Two rival crime families - the Daniels and Lyons - have been linked to the attacks.There was intense speculation that the murders of two major figures in the Lyons group in Spain were the latest twist in that feud, but Police Scotland has said there is nothing to suggest this.Officers have visited thousands of homes and stopped hundreds of vehicles in Scotland in their investigations.
Shots and fires in Niddrie
Among the earlier reports to police included shots being fired in Niddrie, where some of the violence has centred. Hours later more shots were reported on the other side of the city.Then in April, a house was deliberately set on fire in Hay Drive, Niddrie, which spread to a neighbouring property.
Violence quickly moved west with more deliberate fires and serious assaults - one of which resulted in a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy being taken to hospital. They had been attacked at a house in Egilsay Crescent in Milton.Last month, officers in the east were again called to a property on Marischal Crescent in the early hours after a Ford Transit van went up in flames. Five minutes later a Range Rover Evoque was found alight about half a mile away on Campion Road.
The two latest fires in Niddrie again took place on Marischal Crescent and Campion Road.The last arrest in the Portaledge investigation was made on 18 June.Many of the arrests have been men under the age of 30, including teenagers.
How the feud developed
A series of attacks began on 2 March when a car was set on fire in Edinburgh's Parrotshot areaA beauty salon in Leith and a garage in Portobello were also targeted over a 10-day periodLater, shots were reported as being fired at two properties in Niddrie and Pilton in separate incidentsFurther firebomb attacks were reported on another house in Niddrie at the start of April, just as the first property in Glasgow was targeted in the Robroyston areaA carpet business in Bishopbriggs and another commercial premises in Kirkintilloch were also hit, alongside homes in Glasgow and SteppsIn April, a 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were assaulted at a house in Egilsay Crescent in Milton, GlasgowTwo more properties in Bishopbriggs were set alightTwo men were taken to hospital following a serious assault at a garage in East Kilbride on 19 MayA 54-year-old man needed hospital treatment after he was attacked by a group of men at a house at Pitcairn Grove, Edinburgh - the third time an incident was reported at this propertyA large house in the Bridge of Weir was set alight on 2 JunePolice recover firearm believed to be linked to violence from Roseburn Path in Edinburgh on 11 JuneRead the full timeline here.
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