A teenage boy is being treated for a serious injury after being slashed in the face with a knife at a school this morning.
The 14-year-old is thought to have been knifed by another pupil who has since been detained by police.
Emergency services were quick to arrive at the scene at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian.
An ambulance arrived at 9am, five minutes after they were called out to attend, and immediately took the boy to St John’s Hospital in Livingston.
Emergency services were quick to arrive at the scene at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn, West Lothian (pictured)
A police spokeswoman confirmed that enquiries into the incident are still ongoing.
She said: ‘Police in West Lothian were called to St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn at around 8.55am after a 14-year-old boy sustained a serious facial injury.
‘He has been taken to St John’s Hospital for treatment and a teenage boy is currently detained by officers in connection with this.
‘Enquiries into this incident are ongoing.’
The incident comes after pupils in the area took part in a police-led ‘No Knives, Better Lives’ campaign to educate youngsters on the serious impact of knife crime.
A West Lothian Council spokesman said that the teenager has sustained a serious facial injury.
He said: ‘A police investigation is currently ongoing into an incident at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn where one pupil sustained a serious facial injury.
‘West Lothian Council makes the safety of the pupils in our care our top priority.
‘We have been working with Police Scotland on a number of initiatives to promote pupil safety in our schools recently, including delivering the No Knives, Better Lives campaign to educate young people on the consequences of knife crime.
‘It is not appropriate to say more while the police investigation is ongoing.’
The Scottish Ambulance Service sent one ambulance to the scene.
A spokeswoman for the service said: ‘We received a call at 8.55am and we were on the scene at 9am.
‘We sent one A&E ambulance and transferred one male young adult to St John’s Hospital in Livingston.’
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