STAFF at city centre hotspots are to undergo training on how to handle a terrorist attack in Glasgow.

Pub and club bosses throughout the city joined forces with Police Scotland in a bid to create an action plan should a terrorist ever strike a popular venue, similar to attacks in and around Bataclan Theatre in Paris as well as Orlando's Pulse nightclub shooting, which resulted in the total deaths of 179 people.

At a meeting in The Garage nightclub yesterday, counter-terrorism cops warned while it was unlikely an attack would occur in the city, venues must be prepared for the "very real threat" they face.

Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said: "Our assessment is that crowded places, and in particular, places of entertainment are, in the eyes of a terrorist, legitimate targets.

"It's that legitimacy in a terrorist's mind to cause the greatest amount of terror.

"Imagine this place on a Friday or Saturday night, there might only be one or two injuries [if an attack took place] heaven forbid, but imagine it in the dark, people start screaming, the panic and likely more injuries that would follow."

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Donald Macleod, boss of the Sauchiehall Street haunt and chairman of the National Licensed Trade Partnership (NLTP), said the partnership between venue owners and police was vital to ensuring Glasgow remains a safe place for revellers to enjoy.

He said: "The police are not the trader's enemy and vice versa, we are on the same page.

"The boys at the heart of the Bataclan playing on stage [the Eagles of Death Metal] are very good friends of mine.

"I have heard a lot of harrowing tales from them and how it affected them and us as traders and the general public. Now, whenever we go out we are always looking over our shoulder but Glasgow has never been safer."

The seminar provided tips on how to manage a crowd and secure a potential crime scene in the event of a terror attack or any other form of police incident.

Staff will now be given access to vital ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) resources and online courses in a bid to prepare workers.

Since the Westminster attack in March last year, a total of 17 terror attacks have been foiled by police and officers urged those with suspicions of an individual or unusual activity to report it online or by calling 0800 789 321.