STAFF at a West Lothian faculty have been compelled to name the police over “important abuse and intimidation” following the tragic loss of life of schoolboy Hamdan Aslam.
The 14-year-old died on June 6 of pure causes within the playground of St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian.
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It is understood officers from Police Scotland have been referred to as in after a string of threats aimed on the faculty throughout the investigation in Hamdan’s loss of life in accordance with the Edinburgh Night Information.
A autopsy examination revealed the teen died of a pre-existing coronary heart situation that was recognized earlier than his loss of life.
Nevertheless, it is claimed the threats got here after hypothesis Hamdan’s loss of life was trigger by bullying or a social media problem gone improper.
And far of the abuse got here on account of the hypothesis with many coming from individuals with no hyperlinks to the varsity and a few dwelling greater than 300 miles away.
Siobhan McGarty, West Lothian Council’s Head of Training, mentioned this case was a results of “false, deceptive and dangerous content material” spreading on social media.
She added: “It was extremely unhappy, upsetting and fully avoidable, however we will’t management what others select to place onto their social media.
“Accredited media retailers and conventional press then report on the net protection, which is hearsay and deceptive.
“It is usually the case that when there’s an energetic Police investigation, we’re extraordinarily restricted in what we will say to oldsters and pupils when it comes to offering them with plenty of particulars and data.
“As a mother or father myself, I believe it’s fully comprehensible that when a critical incident happens in a faculty that oldsters wish to know particulars, however that’s typically very exhausting or not possible for us to do.
“Many mother and father have been fully understanding of this and have been very supportive.
“Sadly, many individuals imagine what they learn on social media and conventional media to be reality, or that protection incorporates all the information, and that was the reason for the overwhelming majority of abuse and misinformation being levied on the faculty neighborhood.”
“We’ll always do what we should to guard our workers and pupils from on-line and bodily intrusion and abuse and I believe you will need to urge others to think about what they are saying and what they learn on-line in future.
“On the centre of this tragic case was a younger man who was taken too quickly from his household and mates, and the varsity neighborhood will proceed to offer help and deal with the wellbeing of pupils at St Kentigern’s.”
After his loss of life, Hamdan’s mother and father hail their “lovely boy” and mentioned his loss of life was “God’s will.”
A touching assertion learn: “Our household is left devastated by the sudden and tragic lack of our lovely boy Hamdan who introduced a lot pleasure to our lives.
“We wish to guarantee Hamdan’s mates and our neighborhood that this was a wholly pure loss of life and couldn’t have been predicted.
“A full police investigation is being carried out, however we will verify that Hamdan had a pre-existing coronary heart situation that had by no means been detected, and sadly his loss of life may have occurred at any time.
“There isn’t any one accountable for his loss, it was God’s will.
“We all know that Hamdan’s loss is being deeply felt by his mates and academics and we might urge those that have engaged in rumours on social media to cease, it’s untruthful and compounding our grief.”
The household urged individuals to cease posting rumours relating to his loss of life calling them “unhelpful.”
Police Scotland have been approached for remark.
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