attack on a man at an Edinburgh retail park is being linked to a gangland war which has rocked the city. Jason Smith was in a “critical condition” last night after being stabbed in the hands and at the base of his skull.
Sources said the 31-year-old was set upon by a pair of men on a motorbike who ambushed him at the Fort Kinnaird complex on Thursday in front of passers-by.
It’s understood Smith tried to run from the machete-wielding thugs but fell over and suffered a vicious assault.Sources say it’s linked to a string of violent incidents in the capital in recent months.In March, a man was stabbed in the north of the city.Sources say the same man was later hunted down in a terrifying high-speed chase by rivals who filmed it.In the shocking.
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