Humza Yousaf has said that it is “increasingly difficult” to shield his children from racism after he was targeted with Islamophobic graffiti near his Dundee home.
Racist comments relating to the first minister’s Pakistani heritage were sprayed on the walls and fences of houses close to where he lives in Broughty Ferry with his wife and two children.
The graffiti has since been removed and Police Scotland are investigating the incident, which happened on the day that new hate crime legislation came into force.
Yousaf, who became the first ethnic minority and first Muslim leader of the Scottish government just over a year ago, said on Twitter/X: “I do my best to shield my children from the racism and Islamophobia I face on a regular