This story is despicable but it doesn't make me ashamed to be Scottish because only a tiny minority of people are like this. It is not acceptable to hit a child for ANY reason and if you're the type of prat that's going to do this then the football jerseys only an excuse.
I have not yet heard of one Scot that's condoned this behaviour and some people are being too quick to judge a whole country based on one idiots behaviour. As many people have pointed out on this thread, you get @ssholes like this wherever you go.
Taking it out of the context of football - it's not relevant where it happened. Any attack on an individual,of any age ,in any country just because of something they believe in , is not acceptable but is , unfortunately, widespread throughout the world.