{"id":791760,"date":"2026-02-27T04:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/791760\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T04:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:28:15","slug":"edinburgh-gangs-slash-at-each-other-with-huge-blades-in-asda-car-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/791760\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh gangs &#8216;slash at each other with huge blades&#8217; in Asda car park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Shoppers were nearby &#8211; it was terrifying&#8217;Gangs involved in armed fight in Asda car park<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A video showing two Edinburgh gangs embroiled in an <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">armed battle<\/a> has emerged online. Filmed at The Jewel <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/asda\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Asda<\/a> car park, youths wearing face coverings can be seen brandishing blades and batons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The terrifying clip has been shared online over the last 24 hours though the exact time of the incident is unknown. In the footage, two males can be seen duelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One is seen holding what appears to be a black baton while his rival seems to be holding a bladed weapon in his hand. Another man in grey can be seen jumping around behind the male brandishing a blade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Several slashes and swings of the baton are exchanged before three other males appear in the shot. One individual, who is seen in a hooded top with grey colouring on the shoulders, appears to be carrying a weapon with a long blade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He is visibly swinging the lethal weapon at a male in dark clothing. A chase then ensues with the the gangs seen running through the supermarket car park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"One lad trips on a petrol pump foundation before being struck with a baton. \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772166495_663_0_Screenshot-2026-02-26-at-164221-Picsart-CropImage.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"One lad trips on a petrol pump foundation before being struck with a baton. \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">One lad trips on a petrol pump foundation before being struck with a baton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Onlookers gasped &#8216;he&#8217;s been slashed&#8217; as one fleeing male is seen to be struck after he is seen tripping on a petrol pump. Another eyewitness can be heard saying: &#8220;He&#8217;s got a big kitchen knife. Holy s**t. No, this is a medieval fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One local, 49, said: &#8220;All of a sudden it just erupted. I don&#8217;t know if it was rival gangs or what but it&#8217;s not what you expect in broad daylight at the local supermarket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It looked like they all had weapons, knives, huge blades and I think one had a bat. They were wildly slashing at each other as shoppers wandered by &#8211; it&#8217;s terrifying really.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The video ends with members of one gang running past the car wash away from the scene. Police Scotland have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shoppers were nearby &#8211; it was terrifying&#8217;Gangs involved in armed fight in Asda car park A video showing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":791761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[486,748,188,1102,4884,530,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-791760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-asda","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116140710821984831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791760","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=791760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}