16/04/2014

Liberton High School To Reopen After Teen Death

Edinburgh city council has announced that Liberton High School is to reopen on 22nd April, following the death of 12-year-old Keane Wallis-Bennett.

The pupil died after a wall collapsed on top of her inside the school.

The school has now been declared safe by the structural engineers who passed the building inspection.

However, the gym where incident happened, will remain closed due the ongoing police investigations.

Psychologists will remain giving support to pupils.

The funeral is to be held on Thursday.

(CVS/CD)

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