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Conor Gogarty

Well-wishers raise £40,000 for black boy, 11, who lost finger fleeing 'racist' bullies

More than £60,000 has been raised by strangers to support a boy whose finger had to be amputated after he allegedly fled an alleged attack by school bullies.

Mum Shantal Bailey has raised the huge sum for treatment for her 11-year-old son Raheem after a campaign of racial abuse resulted in serious injury, she said.

Ms Bailey said Raheem has experienced racist and physical attacks since starting at Abertillery Learning Community in September last year.

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