Vile yobs hurled sectarian abuse at a group of schoolchildren as they walked through Glasgow Central station.

It is alleged a group approached the kids and began gesturing, before shouting 'IRA' and 'f*** the Pope'.

The group of children, who were reportedly wearing uniforms from a Catholic school, were targeted during a shocking tirade yesterday afternoon in the busy train station.

One member of the public, who shared pictures of the incident on social media, said the children had been left terrified.

She wrote on Facebook: "Walking through Glasgow Central to be met by 3 awful human beings. One was filming while the others abused children from a Catholic school. Middle fingers in their faces, shouting 'f*** the Pope', IRA', racially abusing them and shouting a tirade of more sectarian harmful comments."

"One lady and a ticket inspector stepped in and many people stopped because of the shouting. The boys quickly realised they were out of their depth and decided to walk to their platform."

"Children should never be subjected to anything like this."

British Transport Police attended the scene after members of the public were forced to intervene.

A British Transport Police spokesperson said: "Officers from British Transport Police are currently investigating an incident where sectarian abuse was chanted at a school group at Glasgow Central station. The incident happened on August 24 at approximately 4.20pm.

BTP attended the scene and the details of a 17-year-old man were taken. Enquiries are on-going."

Anyone who witnessed what happened are asked to get in touch by sending a text to 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40.