{"id":289596,"date":"2025-07-25T03:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289596\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T03:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:54:56","slug":"scots-schoolkids-witness-horror-daylight-shooting-as-tensions-rise-among-edinburgh-crack-cocaine-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289596\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots schoolkids witness horror daylight shooting as ‘tensions rise among Edinburgh crack cocaine gangs’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A GUNMAN tried to execute a man with a pistol in front of terrified kids doing a football pitch clean-up.<\/p>\n

The brazen would-be assassin blasted two shots at his 23-year-old victim in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh<\/a>, on Thursday afternoon but only managed to hit his left arm.<\/p>\n

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Cops armed with rifles were seen patrolling the areaCredit: News & Crime in Edinburgh, The Lothians & Fife\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n

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A man was found seriously injuredCredit: News & Crime in Edinburgh, The Lothians & Fife\"Police<\/a><\/p>\n

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A 23-year-old man was seriously injuredCredit: News & Crime in Edinburgh, The Lothians & Fife\"Police<\/a><\/p>\n

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Police were called to reports of gunshots in Wester HailesCredit: News & Crime in Edinburgh, The Lothians & Fife<\/p>\n

The shooter fled on foot while the bleeding man jumped in a car and sped off to hospital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s claimed the incident is related to a feud between crack cocaine<\/a> gangs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The whole incident was witnessed by around a dozen children who were helping clean up their local park between Hailesland and Murrayburn while on their school holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> Scotland<\/a> scrambled firearms officers to the area and sealed off the pitch as terrified neighbours cowered in their homes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking with the permission of his mum, an eight-year-old boy told of his horror at seeing the broad daylight murder bid.<\/p>\n

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Police investigate scene after ‘firearm’ incident in Edinburgh\"24\/07\/2025..NINTCHDBJOBS000001126463<\/a><\/p>\n

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Police attend crime scene and tape off the area\"24\/07\/2025..NINTCHDBJOBS000001126463<\/a><\/p>\n

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Police at scene of shooting in Edinburgh<\/p>\n

He told the Scottish Sun: “I saw a man shoot another man. It was loud.<\/p>\n

“I heard two bangs and then all the men ran different ways.<\/p>\n

“I was really scared.”<\/p>\n

The lad’s 13-year-old cousin added: “One of the lads said ‘why do you need to do this in front of a bunch of kids?<\/p>\n

“Another one said ‘I’m not doing it, come over here.’ But seconds later, he pulled out a gun and shot him. Someone else was saying ‘go on then, go on then’ at the time.”<\/p>\n

The boy’s mum said her lad has been left traumatised by the attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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She said: “He was terrified, all the kids were.<\/p>\n

“How do you explain<\/a> to your child that one man has tried to kill another?”<\/p>\n

Another parent said: “This was a cold-blooded assassination attempt in front of kids – it’s shocking.”<\/p>\n

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Police at scene of shooting at Hailesland Gdns Edinburgh\u0085see sty Gordon Tait…Kids had been doing a park clean-up when shooting happened\u0085.bags of rubbish..<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland<\/a> said: “Around 3.40pm on Thursday, 24 July, 2025, we were called to a report of a firearm being discharged in the Hailesland Gardens area of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

“A 23-year-old man has attended hospital for treatment to serious but not life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

“Officers, including specialist firearms officers, are in attendance and extensive enquiries are ongoing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A GUNMAN tried to execute a man with a pistol in front of terrified kids doing a football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,188,535,1102,4884,529,530,712,5120,5119,14617,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-289596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-drugs","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-police","14":"tag-police-scotland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-scottish-crime","17":"tag-section-newsscottish-news","18":"tag-shootings","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114911859508137003","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}