Leader comment: Why we can't tolerate what is happening on the city's streets
We do not lightly draw the parallel that we have done on our front page tomorrow. The events that unfolded in parts of the city on Sunday night were genuinely shocking - for those of us who had the comfort of watching them from a safe distance. For those who watched it unfolding outside their homes, it was utterly terrifying.
Youths barricaded the roads, torched parked cars, threw fireworks down holes at gas mains road works and fired rockets at each other and passers-by like weapons. Make no mistake, this was lawlessness on the city streets.
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Hide AdAnti-social behaviour on this level is unusual in Edinburgh, but it is becoming less so. The police and council have had some success in tackling similar problems in north Edinburgh and that might offer a way forward now.