Firebomb thugs torched cars outside a Glasgow garage in a suspected retaliation attack as Scotland's gang war continues to escalate. Emergency crews rushed to the yard outside All Automotive on Causewayside Street in the Tollcross area of the city around 12.40am on Tuesday, August 25.
No one was injured and firefighters extinguished the blaze. Images from the scene showed it taped off as police stood guard at the cordon. A number of motors inside have been left charred and in ashes following the early morning deliberate attack.
Police Treating Attack as Wilful
Officers are treating it as wilful as enquiries continue. It is claimed the attack is in retaliation for a string of incidents on the Daniel crime clan in recent days. It's understood that Police Scotland are not ruling out links to Operation Portaledge - the force's dedicated investigation into gangland activity across the central belt.
The attack comes as fresh attacks were ordered by bosses of the notorious Lyons crime clan against members of their rivals, the Daniel family. Senior members of the Lyons gang are believed to have instructed Ross McGill's Tamo Junto (TMJ) to launch the revenge attacks after the slaying of Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan in the Costa Del Sol last year.
Previous Attacks on Daniel Clan
Kelvinside Motor Company on Milton Road in Kirkintilloch was hit on Tuesday, August 18, and Saturday, August 22. Daniel clan kingpin Francis 'Fraggle' Green is listed as a former director of the garage at Kirkintilloch Industrial Estate. A group of thugs wielding machetes turned up at the garage in the first attack on Tuesday.
A burnt-out hatchback car was seen outside the garage on Sunday morning. No one was injured as a result of the fire, which is also being treated as wilful by police.
On Friday, August 21, around 1.40pm, a car was smashed into a home in East Renfrewshire. The property - which is understood to be linked to 45-year-old gangster Billy Steele - was fenced off as police seek to trace those involved.
TMJ Gang Pursues Daniel Members
On Friday morning, sources told the Record the TMJ footsoldiers ripped into a property in Glasgow's Maryhill before trashing the home in their pursuit for Ronnie Daniel, 41. The TMJ gang then travelled to Stepps in an attempt to target Robert Daniel, 51, but he managed to flee the scene.
A source told the Record: "A gang wearing balaclavas and carrying machetes kicked in the door of a house last night looking for Ronnie. They ripped the place apart and trashed the house and a heavy police presence has been on the scene ever since. The Lyons and TMJ gang are desperate to claim a serious scalp and Robert was then chased near his home last night by the same gang."
"Things have escalated again and the word on the street is this is the Lyons now trying to get revenge for what happened to Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons last year."
Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr were shot and killed in a targeted execution at Monaghans Bar in Fuengirola on May 31 last year. Suspected hitman Michael Riley, 45, is behind bars in Spain awaiting trial over the murders. Separately, Steven Lyons, 45, is also awaiting trial over an organised crime plot in a Spanish jail.
The double murder marked one of the most violent episodes during the gang war, which exploded in Scotland last year after crime kingpin Mark Richardson's cronies ripped off Ross McGill with fake notes in a botched £500,000 cocaine deal.
