Car smashes into Glasgow house linked to crime family in alleged gang revenge attack

Car smashes into Glasgow house linked to crime family in alleged gang revenge attack Emergency services were called to the scene in the Barlanark area of Glasgow as the vehicle was torched following the crash, with flames spreading to the property An alleged gangland revenge attack saw a car rammed into a house linked to a notorious crime family and torched in a second incident of the kind this year. The attack took place at a property in the Barlanark area of Glasgow in the early hours of Thursday, June 18, when emergency services were called to the scene as flames spread from the vehicle to the front door of the end-of-terrace house. The Daily Record reports that the house targeted is linked to the relative of a foot soldier for a well-known local crime family. The same property was targeted in a similar attack in February, when a car was rammed into the side of the building. A source told the Record the incident was revenge for a firebomb attack on a business linked to pal of a mob boss in Edinburgh this week. They said: "This is clearly revenge for the attack in Edinburgh on Tuesday. The mobs are hitting back this year and this is the second time this house has been targeted. They weren't just going to sit back forever and accept this happening. The guys they are after are high ranking members of the mob." Pictures taken last night show a white Nissan Juke ablaze outside the home. More images show the mangled burnt out vehicle used to ram the property, with debris from inside the house strewn across the garden. The car appears to have been ploughed into the double-window of the living room with the panel and glass completely gone. Scorch marks can be seen on the brickwork above the window. Police have taped off the property and sealed off the entrance to the street. Two men had allegedly been seen parking on a nearby street an hour before the attack. A neighbour said: "A vehicle parked up in the street behind here about an hour before the car was driven into the house. "Two guys got out and were mulling about the area for ages but they weren't exactly being discreet, I even heard one say to the other 'have you got the petrol.' "Then all of a sudden we heard an almighty bang from the car being driven into the property. They threw a petrol bomb inside the vehicle and ran away into a lane and got back into the car they had arrived here in." Last month a skip lorry was ploughed into the Edinburgh home of a teenage gangster blamed for sparking Scotland's drug war. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: "We were alerted at 12.39am on Thursday, 18 June, to reports of a dwelling fire on Garvel Crescent, Glasgow. "Operations Control mobilised three fire appliance to the scene. There were no casualties and crews left the scene at 2.32am after ensuring the area was made safe."