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First Minister John Swinney has offered to visit a primary school after it was targeted in a number of sectarian attacks.

Critics have often described the fixture's atmosphere in the past as poisonous or toxic and, while there are undoubtedly continued issues around sectarian singing, it remains Scottish football's biggest spectacle and its most sellable asset.

Fearing sectarian killings, residents fled to the mountains, where they have been sleeping in open areas for a week.

Many of the cases were summary executions and appeared to have been carried out on a sectarian basis, with predominantly Alawite areas targeted in particular, he added.

"There are reports of summary executions on a sectarian basis by unidentified perpetrators, by members of the caretaker authorities' security forces, as well as by elements associated with the former government," he added.