An Edinburgh woman was left shaken last night after being harassed by a group of youths.
After returning home from work on Monday evening, the woman, who asked to remain anonymous, spotted the group vandalising her neighbours car on Ferry Road.
While trying to enter her home, the young men then began to harass her and subjected her to a series of abuse.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, she said:
"There was a group of boys were damaging my neighbours car as I was getting back from work.
"Just in front on my staircase they tried to slap me, took off my hat and started throwing items at me but I couldn't even see what was that as had to cover my head."
While the woman was able to escape from the incident uninjured, the group are believed to have also been responsible for a series of disturbances in near Ferry Road.
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Enquiries are now ongoing into the incidents.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were made aware of a group of youths causing a disturbance on Ferry Road in Edinburgh.
"This involved an incident where a woman was approached by the group and subjected to abuse. She was uninjured.
"Enquiries are ongoing to identify those involved."
