{"id":478792,"date":"2025-10-06T19:47:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478792\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T19:47:15","slug":"masked-group-attack-scots-firms-as-police-launch-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/478792\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked group attack Scots firms as police launch probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incidents happened at offices belonging to security company Securitas and aerospace firm Leonardo UK on Sunday.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_a7b14990-a2a6-11f0-b41e-0d1eddfd.jpg\" alt=\"Police have launched an investigation\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Police have launched an investigation<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Police have launched a probe after masked vandals attacked two businesses in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The incidentsLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The incidents<\/a> happened at offices belonging to security company Securitas and aerospace firm Leonardo UK on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Footage, which was shared on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"social mediaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, showed an unknown group wearing balaclavas smashing windows and desks with hammers and spray painting walls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">The words &#8216;drop Leonardo now&#8217; could be seen daubed on the wall as the video moved through one building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_Screenshot-2025-10-06-182724.png\" alt=\"Was were spray-painted by the group\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Was were spray-painted by the group<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">A post on X, formerly <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"TwitterLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, suggested Leonardo was targeted because it manufactured equipment for the Israeli armed forces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">Officers from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/police-scotland\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Police ScotlandLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Police Scotland<\/a> have confirmed to the Record that they are working to identify those responsible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">A Leonardo UK spokesman told BBC Scotland: &#8220;Leonardo UK is subject to UK government export controls and does not supply equipment direct to Israel.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_Screenshot-2025-10-06-182704.png\" alt=\"Windows were smashed by the vandals \" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Windows were smashed by the vandals <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Our main customer is the UK Armed Forces and we are proud to manufacture technology that supports our service personnel and helps to keep them safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">A spokesperson for Securitas UK said: &#8220;On Sunday, Securitas UK responded to an incident of vandalism at our regional office in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">&#8220;Whilst we cannot share further details due to the ongoing investigation, the safety of our people, as well as the protection of our property and assets, remains our highest priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAn investigation is under way following two reports of vandalism in Edinburgh on Sunday, October 5, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cOfficers were contacted around 1.50am to a report of red paint being sprayed onto a building in Crewe Road North. A second incident of windows being smashed at a property in Cliftonhall Industrial Estate was received around 3am on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dailyrecord\">\u201cEnquiries are ongoing to identify those responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incidents happened at offices belonging to security company Securitas and aerospace firm Leonardo UK on Sunday.Police have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,2194,4884,837,1815,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-478792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-gaza","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-hamas-war","14":"tag-police-scotland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115328951797913615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478792","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=478792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}