Scots prison firebomb probe after car 'belonging to staff member' torched
dailyrecord.co.ukPolice have launched a probe after a car was firebombed outside HMP Perth. Emergency crews were called to the prison after the motor was torched in the car park at 12.45am on Thursday morning.
The vehicle is understood to belong to a prison employee who was on a nightshift. A witness told the Record two men threw bottles of accelerant at the car before it burst into flames.
Will Robertson, 45, who lives near the prison said: "When I looked out the window I saw bottles being smashed and the car burst into flames.
Then I spotted two men running away. "I ran out of the house with my dog, Bella, and she started chasing the two guys. I was going to intervene but I had to grab Bella because I thought the car was going to explode."It was only about 10ft from the entrance of the prison.
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