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A SHOCKING picture of a man dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes at a Loyalist flute band Halloween party have emerged on the internet.

The photograph was taken at the Lanarkshire Loyalist Flute Band (LLFB)’s “Culture Day” on Saturday night.

It shows the hooded man presenting an award to an unidentified woman at South Lanarkshire Council’s High Blantyre Hall.

The picture appears to have been taken from the Facebook page of a woman called Rachel Armstrong and shared on the LLFB’s official page, before being removed from both accounts shortly afterwards.

The LLFB rent High Blantyre Hall from South Lanarkshire Council regularly for flute playing sessions.

However last night the council refused to comment on the picture, or say whether it would continue allowing the band to use the hall.

The council’s website claims the organisation aims to “tackle hate crime so that all of our residents can live without threats, verbal or physical harassment or prejudice”.

The LLFB had been advertising the weekend’s event - with free entry for those in fancy dress - for weeks on its Facebook page.

Other groups to attend included Craigneuk ladies flute band, Saltcoats pride of the shore flute band, and East coast protestant boys.

Colin Lee, Chief Executive of the Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations Scotland (CEMVO) said: “It would seem to me to have racist undertones. Why of all costumes would this person choose to wear a KKK outfit, especially when its not obviously associated with Halloween?

“The bottom line is that I do not think that wearing such outfits is appropriate in this day and age, whatever their motivations, as many Black people in America were murdered by the KKK.”

If you know the woman in the picture or the identity of the man in the robes, call our news desk on 0141 309 3251 or email reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk