Police speak to child about death threats after Quran damaged at Wakefield school

(BBC) Death threats sent to pupils who damaged a copy of the Quran at a school have been condemned by an education minister as “totally unacceptable.”

West Yorkshire Police said officers had spoken to a child alleged to have made threats and given “words of advice.”

The cover of the Islamic text was torn and some pages marked when it was brought into Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield last month.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has spoken of “deep concern” over the case.

Four students were suspended as a result of the incident.

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