Edinburgh Barclays bank smashed open by thugs three days after Glasgow branch hit

An Edinburgh Barclays financial institution has been smashed open by thugs - simply three days after a Glasgow department was additionally hit.

The glass entrance of the Princes Avenue enterprise has been utterly destroyed with a big gap left the place the doorways was once.

Damaged shards litter the pavement on the scene, which stays behind a police cordon on Monday lunchtime.

Police had been known as to the scene shortly after 4am on Monday (Picture: Each day File)

Police confirmed they had been known as to the scene shortly after 4am on Might 23 and that enquiries to hint the particular person or individuals accountable stay ongoing.

It's understood that the incident is being handled as vandalism and isn’t related to the same incident on Glasgow’s Argyle Avenue final Friday.

The incident is much like one other assault at a Barclays department in Glasgow final week

An announcement from Barclays stated: “Our precedence is to make sure the well being and security of our colleagues and clients. We're working onerous to get the Princes Avenue department open as quickly as we probably can.”

A Police Scotland spokesperson added: “We had been known as round 4.05am on Monday, 23 Might, to a report of injury at a enterprise premises on Princes Avenue, Edinburgh.

“Enquiries are ongoing to determine the total circumstances.”

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