Teenage Boy Slashed In School Canteen

15 September 2017, 12:12 | Updated: 15 September 2017, 12:14

St Kents (in house pic)

A pupil's been slashed in the face at a school in West Lothian.

A 14 year old's been left with a serious facial wound after being slashed at St Kentigerns Academy in Blackburn.

Emergency services were called around 9 o'clock this morning.

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: ''Police in West Lothian were called to St Kentigern's Academy in Blackburn around 8.55am on Friday 15 September 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.''