Police were called to a secondary school following "significant abuse and intimidation” by trolls - some as far as 300 miles away - in the days after the tragic death of a 14-year-old pupil. Following the death of Hamdan Aslam, officers attended after a deluge of threats to the school whilst the investigation was ongoing.
It is believed these threats were sparked by inaccurate speculation that Hamdan's death may have been the result of bullying or a social media 'challenge' gone wrong. The local council said that officers offered “security and support to staff, following the significant level of abuse and hostility aimed at the school community".
A council spokesperson said: “School staff experienced significant volumes of online abuse, telephone calls and physical intimidation. Some of this abuse came from individuals with no link to the school and living more than 300 miles away." A post-mortem examination revealed last Thursday that the teenager, who attended St Kentigern’s Academy, in Blackburn, Scotland, had an undiagnosed heart condition, and his death could have occurred at any time, EdinburghLive reports.
