Car torched in Scots street hours after woman hurt in ‘targeted’ Christmas Day attack
Police probing a ‘targeted’ Christmas Day attack on a woman say the getaway car used by the suspect was found on fire just hours later. An investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old was assaulted in the Graysknowe area of Edinburgh at around 6pm on Sunday.
An unknown man was then witnessed approaching the vehicle and torching it at around 11.30pm on December 25. Officers say that while the woman did not require hospital treatment, they believe she was the intended target.
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