Detectives are investigating whether simultaneous fire-raising attacks on two houses in Bishopbriggs are the latest incidents connected to an ongoing gangland feud.
Police Scotland confirmed they were called to both fires in the East Dunbartonshire town’s Colston Drive and John Marshall Drive at about 12:50 on Monday morning.
Emergency services attended and the fires were extinguished. No injuries were reported but both are being treated as wilful.
A series of fire-raising incidents in Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks have been linked to rival organised crime groups.
Videos claiming to show the fires have been posted online alongside warnings naming families that have been linked to organised crime.
A number of houses and other properties have been set alight in recent weeks, with police confirming incidents in the east and west of Scotland were being treated as “potentially linked”.
Six properties in the west of Scotland were targeted in the space of a week.
Three houses in Glasgow were set alight on 7 April, while a business premises also in Bishopbriggs was targeted the following day.
A 72-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were taken to hospital on Sunday after being assaulted at at house in Egilsay Cresent in the Milton are of Glasgow during an incident which is also thought to be linked to the ongoing feud.
Police Scotland last week scaled up its response to deliberate fires in the city, which may be connected to several blazes and gun incidents in Edinburgh.
Det Ch Supt David Ferry, from the Specialist Crime Division, previously said: “It is vital that we trace whoever is responsible for these reckless acts as soon as possible.
“While we believe these to be targeted attacks, the consequences could have been far more serious and I want to make it clear this behaviour will not be tolerated.”
It comes after a number of arrests were made in the east of the country over violent incidents. Officers have seized weapons, drugs and cash.
On Friday, Police Scotland confirmed it had visited more than 100 properties and was reviewing over 700 hours of CCTV footage.
Det Ch Supt Ferry vowed arrests would continue in the coming weeks and urged anyone with information to contact officers.
