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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Stuart Sommerville

West Lothian school had to call in police after student's death sparked online abuse

Staff at a West Lothian secondary school had to call police 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 at St Kentigern’s Academy, in Blackburn, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has learned that officers from Police Scotland had to attend after a deluge of threats to the school whilst the investigation was ongoing.

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