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Memorial service held for schoolboy, 15, who was killed in Glasgow

Amen Teklay, 15, was pronounced dead after being found with serious injuries on Clarendon Street on March 5.

Police Scotland previously said they were treating the death as murder following a post-mortem.

Three teenagers, aged 14, 15 and 16, have appeared at Glasgow Sheriff court charged in connection with the incident. Two are facing charges of murder whilst the 15-year-old was charged with assault

All three have made no plea. 

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Friends, and those wishing to pay their respects to Amen, were invited to Kinning Park Parish Church to say goodbye to the schoolboy, reports STV News

The 15-year-old’s body is due to be flown back to Ethiopia where a funeral will take place.

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Kingsway Community Connections youth worker Lainy Bedingfield said: “I wouldn’t say this is closure but the community has been mourning since Amen died.

“Today it is important for the boys to be able to say goodbye to him and to be here with other people who feel the same as they do.”



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