A machete attack on a convicted drug dealer near his home has raised fears over a renewed gang war in Edinburgh.
Edmond Reid was set upon in the Inch area of the capital on Saturday night and fortunately escaped with his life thanks to officers in the area intervening before his attacker fled in a stolen vehicle.
Reid, 36, has links to the Scottish cocaine kingpin Mark Richardson. It is understood that he avoided injury before police descended on the scene, reports the Daily Record.
