A police officer was injured and more than a dozen buses were damaged in Edinburgh during a night of disorder on Halloween.

Riot police were pelted with bricks and fireworks in the Niddrie area of ​​the city, and a female officer was injured when her vehicle window shattered.

An open-top bus carrying young people with disabilities was also attacked with fireworks outside the city’s Dynamic Earth attraction.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with fireworks-related offences. It came hours before a fireworks exclusion zone came into effect in some parts of the city.

Earlier, officers confiscated a “quantity of fireworks” and two cans of petrol during a raid on a property in Magdalene Gardens.

Lothian Buses has withdrawn at least nine bus services due to anti-social behaviour.

Police also responded to incidents on Moredunvale Road, Southhouse Road, Captain’s Road and West Pilton Park, where several buses were attacked.

Edinburgh City Council leader Cammy Day said a total of 16 vehicles in Lothian’s fleet were damaged.

he said Good Morning Scotland from BBC Radio It was a “horrible” night for the city.

He said: “The behavior of a minority of people in certain areas of the city, attacking public service workers and bus drivers, is despicable.

“The people who live there, good workers. How do they feel seeing their area flooded with riot police?

“We have to nip this in the bud now and make some tough decisions about how we treat young people, but also the adults who orchestrated this despicable behavior.”

Lothian chief executive Sarah Boyd said she was “deeply disappointed” that services were targeted.

He added: “As a result of the public disorder, we were forced to eliminate services in several areas to ensure the safety of our people and our customers.

“I understand we provide a vital service and I apologize to our many customers who I know will have been affected.”

Last year, on Bonfire Night, about 100 young people clashed with riot police Fireworks and petrol bombs were thrown directly at officers in the same area of ​​Edinburgh, while there were similar incidents in Sighthill and Southhouse.

The Scottish Government gave local authorities new powers to designate ‘fireworks control zones’ (FCZ) in 2022 after a major riot in Dundee.

Edinburgh City Council was the first in Scotland to vote in favor of implementing the FCZ in August.

The measures will be in place from November 1 to 10 and anyone lighting a private firework during this period will commit a criminal offence.

The city council’s culture and communities committee voted against a zone that covers the entire city.

Police Scotland said the disorder was carried out by a minority of individuals “with the intention of causing fear and alarm”.

Superintendent David Robertson, commander of Police Scotland’s Edinburgh Division, said: “I want to make it clear to anyone who thinks they will evade justice because they were not arrested tonight is very wrong.

“He will be identified during our investigations and held accountable for his actions.”

In Dundee, police responded to a “small number” of incidents of anti-social behavior in the Kirkton area on Thursday.

The agents informed the young people that they were throwing eggs, bottles, fireworks and lighting a small fire, however, no one was injured.