{"id":649578,"date":"2025-12-23T03:28:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/649578\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:28:27","slug":"glasgow-shop-firebombed-just-days-after-two-men-jailed-for-machete-attack-on-shopkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/649578\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow shop FIREBOMBED just days after two men jailed for machete attack on shopkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" data-no-modal=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp_Image_2025-12-22_at_103523jpeg-JS1047393406_a0ef9f.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of a Day-Today convenience store and a charity shop with closed shutters.\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15718812\" width=\"936\" height=\"702\"  \/>Credit: Unknown<\/p>\n<p>A SHOP was firebombed just days after two men were jailed for a vicious machete attack that left the store\u2019s owner without a leg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men <\/a>were seen getting out of a black Audi and witnesses say \u201cthrew a petrol bomb\u201d inside the Day Today store in Ladymuir Crescent, Pollock, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/glasgow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glasgow<\/a> yesterday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Scottish Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The shop at the centre of a machete attack was targeted on SundayCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>It comes four days after two gangsters were jailed for a total of 27 years for a horror machete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attack <\/a>that left shopkeeper Mohammed Arif, 37, needing his leg amputated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liam McDonald, 36, and Dylan Haldane, 37, were part of a four-strong mob who donned forensic suits and masks and carried out \u201ca carefully planned hit job\u201d outside Mr Arif\u2019s Day Today store on August 13, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday the same shop was targeted again when it was set on fire in a brazen broad daylight attack. <\/p>\n<p>One neighbour said: \u201cI\u2019ve heard it was a petrol bomb and they drove up, got out and threw it inside while the shop was still open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15620367\/ex-soldier-petrol-bombs-police-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP-27-11-FIREBOMB-ATTACK_COMP.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">MOLOTOV MAYHEM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Ex-soldier threw petrol bombs at Scots police HQ &amp; officer in horror attack<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/15604008\/house-destroyed-petrol-bomb-mistaken-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newspress-collage-93hgpp7cc-1763907623123.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">HOUSE HORROR<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">My house was destroyed in petrol bombing case of mistaken identity<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s terrible. Someone could have been hurt or killed. No one knows who it was but it\u2019s not the first time something bad has happened at that shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year the high\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court\u00a0<\/a>heard how the men were armed with<br \/>machetes, knives and what initially appeared to be a handgun.<\/p>\n<p>The attack \u2013 captured on shocking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/cctv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCTV\u00a0<\/a>footage \u2013 occurred outside Mr Arif\u2019s Day-Today store.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard how their victim was injured so badly he ended up having to have his left leg amputated above the knee.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost read in The Scottish Sun\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Both McDonald, 36, and Haldane, 37 \u2013 who have accumulated almost 70 convictions between them \u2013 were found guilty following a trial earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Norman McFadyen jailed McDonald for 14 years whilst Haldane was given 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>Telling them they\u2019d also be subjected to three years of post release supervision, judge McFadyen said: \u201cYou inflicted injuries on him which were life changing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a carefully planned hit job. You are both hardened criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today cops were making door-to-door enquires and appealed for cctv and witnesses to come forward following the blaze attack.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> Scotland said: \u201cDetectives are appealing for information after a wilful fire-raising in the Pollok area of Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 1.40pm on Sunday, 21 December, 2025, we received a report of a fire at a premises on Ladymuir Crescent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEmergency services attended, and the fire was extinguished by the Scottish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire <\/a>and Rescue Service. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo men were seen exiting a black <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/audi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audi <\/a>A6 at the scene before approaching the premises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Forensics combed the area for clues following the machete attackCredit: Steve Welsh<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Arif ended up having to have his leg amputated after being attacked outside of his shopCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk<\/p>\n<p>Detective Sergeant Scott Hawkins added: \u201cWe are appealing to anyone in the area who may have witnessed anything suspicious around this time to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d also ask that anyone with CCTV or dash-cam footage review this and see if it has captured anything of significance, in particular the Audi that was seen outside the premises at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 1525 of 21 December, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, information can be passed anonymously through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/crimestoppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crimestoppers <\/a>on 0800 555 111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Unknown A SHOP was firebombed just days after two men were jailed for a vicious machete attack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,30,188,918,4884,529,530,712,5120,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-649578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-glasgow","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-police","14":"tag-police-scotland","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-scottish-crime","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115766764362590617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649578","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=649578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}