GUN crime in Glasgow has increased in the last two years.

The city is bucking the trend across Scotland where reported crime involving a firearm has fallen to the lowest level in almost 40 years.

In Glasgow it has almost doubled in two years.

High profile shootings in the city including the killing of Kenny Reilly in Maryhill in April 2018, Euan Johnston in Shields Road in 2016.

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In January 2017 Ross Monaghan was shot at near a school on Muirdyke Road, and Ross Craig, 34, was shot in the leg five months later in June on Shawhill Road.

A 22-year-old was shot and killed in a gang fight in Castlemilk the following month and Paul McColl was shot in the face and stomach in February 2018.

Last September a 42 year-old was shot in the head in Shettleston.

Shootings have continued this year with Jamie Barclay, 29, shot in Springburn in February.

A Scottish Governemnt spokesman said:“The bulletin shows the use of firearms in criminal activity represented a very small proportion of all offences in Scotland last year.

"As the Cabinet Secretary has made clear, just one such incident can have devastating consequences, hence we to continue to support Police Scotland and the wider work of the Serious Organised Crime Taskforce to help communities stay safe.

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“The relatively small number of firearms incidents makes year-to-year changes more pronounced, even as the long-term trend shows such cases have now fallen to their lowest level in almost 40 years.”

The figures for all gun crime which also includes airguns has also increased significantly in Glasgow.

Despite new legislation introduced in 2015 to control airguns incidents rose from 33 in 2015/16 to 64 in 2017/18.

The 94% increase is in contrast to a fall of 13% across Scotland where offences dropped from 402 to 348 over the same period.

In 2015 the Scottish Parliament passed a law which required airguns to be licensed in a bid to ensure they were only held by people with legitimate reasons.

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The law came after a lengthy campaign following the murder of two year-old Andrew Morton in the east end of Glasgow.

He was shot in the head while he was being carried by his older brother as crowds gathered to watch firefighters tackle a blaze close to his home.

Mark Bonnini was jailed for the boy’s murder in March 2005 and sentenced to at least 13 years.