'No-one to blame' for death of schoolboy Hamdan Aslam

A 14-year-old who collapsed successful the grounds of a West Lothian schoolhouse died from earthy causes, constabulary person confirmed.

Schoolboy Hamdan Aslam died successful infirmary aft becoming unwell astatine St Kentigern's Academy successful Blackburn connected Tuesday.

His household said Hamdan, from Harthill, had a pre-existing bosom information that had ne'er been detected.

They said his decease could person happened astatine immoderate clip and no-one was to blasted for the decease of their "beautiful boy".

"We privation to guarantee Hamdan's friends and our assemblage that this was an wholly earthy decease and could not person been predicted," the household said successful a connection released by their lawyer Aamer Anwar.

"There is nary 1 to blasted for his loss, it was God's will," they added.

Emergency services were called to the schoolhouse erstwhile the S3 pupil collapsed connected the schoolhouse grounds during a luncheon break. He was taken to infirmary but died soon afterwards.

A post-mortem introspection carried retired connected Thursday confirmed that Hamdan died from earthy causes, Police Scotland said.

There had been wide rumour and speculation online and successful newspapers astir the origin of Hamdan's death.

Hamdan's household urged radical enactment a halt to the rumours which were "compounding" their grief.

They said: "We cognize that Hamdan's nonaccomplishment is being profoundly felt by his friends and teachers and we would impulse those who person engaged successful rumours connected societal media to stop, it is untruthful and compounding our grief.

"Please instrumentality down the posts, the moving commentary is unhelpful to the children, teachers and our household who person been near profoundly traumatised and devastated.

"We cognize that Hamdan's teachers and friends did everything imaginable to prevention his beingness and for that our household volition for ever beryllium grateful to them."

Head teacher Andrew Sharkey said the schoolhouse assemblage had been devastated by the decease of a "bright and diligent young man".

"Hamdan was an exemplary pupil and helium volition beryllium hugely missed by the St Kentigern's community," helium said.

"He was precise friendly, fashionable with his classmates and helium had a adjacent radical of friends. He was ever polite and well-mannered successful people and fashionable with his teachers. Hamdan was benignant and thoughtful successful each helium did and helium was ever happy, with a beauteous smile."

He added: "Our thoughts and prayers stay with his household and friends astatine this incredibly hard time."

The schoolhouse - wherever singers Lewis Capaldi and Susan Boyle are erstwhile pupils - has remained unfastened this week and pupils person been offered support.

Local radical and pupils near floral tributes and messages extracurricular the schoolhouse gathering connected Thursday.