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02/04/2014
Edinburgh Schools To Be Inspected After Wall Tragedy
Mass inspections of Edinburgh school buildings are taking place after a free-standing wall collapsed and killed 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett at Liberton High School on Tuesday, just before 10:00am.
Police and health and safety officials have launched an investigation into the death, while Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond promised a rigorous inquiry into the accident.
The city council also said that a survey, which started this morning, will take place in all similar walls in its schools as a "precaution".
Liberton High School will not reopen this week. Students will return to classes after the Easter holidays.
(CVS/CD)
Police and health and safety officials have launched an investigation into the death, while Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond promised a rigorous inquiry into the accident.
The city council also said that a survey, which started this morning, will take place in all similar walls in its schools as a "precaution".
Liberton High School will not reopen this week. Students will return to classes after the Easter holidays.
(CVS/CD)
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