Edinburgh family home shot at in night of terror

A family were left shaken after shots were fired at their home in a case of suspected mistaken identity.

It is believed the gunman had meant to target the home of a feared gangland enforcer but ended up firing at the wrong house entirely.

The incident the latest in a series of shootings in Edinburgh took place on Friday night in Drum Brae Terrace.

Police have said they are looking for a man wearing a light coloured top and black jogging bottoms who was seen in the area, near woodland, around the time of the incident. A car was also spotted being driven off the road and onto a grassy area nearby.

Yesterday, cops cordoned off a large section of the street and could be seen searching a grass verge in the area.

One resident, who asked not to be named, said: “One of the neighbours said they heard a loud bang on Friday night. The couple who live there are a nice family, they aren’t involved in anything like that at all. They are really nice people.”

Last night the family living at the house refused to discuss the incident but said they believed it was a case of “mistaken identity or mistaken house”.

A source close to the investigation said: “The hit was supposed to be on a gangland enforcer who lives in the area but the gunman ended up shooting at the wrong house.”

The latest firearms incident follows a series of drive-by shootings in Edinburgh last month.

A Range Rover belonging to Dionne Hendry, 32, the wife of killer Jamie Bain, 30, was shot at, while a home-made bomb wrapped in a Liverpool FC scarf was placed on the doorstep of the house she shares with two others in The Murrays Brae.

Another device was left outside a house in Walter Scott Avenue and shots were fired at a property in Gilmerton Dykes Drive.

Neither of the devices were active, but both carried threatening messages. They are believed to have been left by a gang from Liverpool that Bain who is serving a life sentence for murder is believed to owe money to.

Also, earlier this year, three killers were sentenced to life in prison after they gunned down a dealer in Edinburgh.

Mohammed Abdi, 25, died from a gunshot wound to the chest from a powerful Mac-10 automatic weapon following a street battle.

The shooting took place amid a bitter feud between rival factions of a London-based Somali gang operating in Scotland.

Last night Police Scotland said significant enquiries were underway following a report of a firearm being discharged in the Drum Brae Terrace of Edinburgh, around 11.50pm on October 10. There are no reports of any injuries.