LOYALIST bosses have been accused of threatening two students in an Orange Hall who claim to have filmed them joking about 'shooting Tims'.

The group was invited to Crawford Hall in Partick after taking photographs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry during a march in Glasgow last month for a college project.

However, the Journalism undergraduates told the Scottish Sun that they ended up filming a member of the group referring to 'shooting Catholics' during a memorial service for a deceased colleague.

During the speech the man recalled a conversation with the deceased man.

He said: "On nights out he would tell us he would be taking BBs at the church and would have rifle practice.

"The minister used to tell him ‘you’ll need to practice because you’ll be shooting papists soon … to shoot all they Tims and that’.”

The students say they were then surrounded by the men when they realised they had been filmed and were then ordered to delete the footage.

The students say they were then prevented from leaving the building for half an hour before they called cops who stayed on the line with them until they were safely outside.

One of the female students, who didn't want to be named, said: "It wasn’t until I left that I realised it was a dangerous situation so I was really glad to get out of there. It was quite scary."

Thomas Porteous, Scottish Amalgamated Committee Chairman for the Apprentice Boys of Derry to the Scottish Sun:"We take allegations and reports of inappropriate behaviour extremely seriously.

"Any evidence of such behaviour should be immediately referred to the Scottish Amalgamated Committee to be dealt with as per our disciplinary procedures within the rules of the association."

Police say they are investigating the incident.