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Boy, eight, dies playing in cemetery

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Boy, eight, dies playing in cemetery

An eight-year-old boy has died and two 10-year-olds have been injured in an incident at a cemetery.

Emergency services were called to a large Cemetery in the Cardonald area of the city at about 19:25 on Tuesday.

The dead boy has been named locally as Ciaran Williamson. Ciaran was later pronounced dead at Yorkhill Hospital, where one of the 10-year-olds remains in a stable condition.

The third boy was treated and later released from hospital. Police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: “Police and emergency services responded to reports of three boys having been injured within Craigton Cemetery in the Cardonald area of Glasgow.

“An eight-year-old boy was taken to Yorkhill Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. A 10-year-old boy was also taken to Yorkhill where hospital staff described his condition as stable.

“Another 10-year-old boy was taken to South Glasgow University Hospital and has since been discharged.

“Inquiries are continuing to determine the full circumstances surrounding the incident however officers are not treating it as suspicious.

“A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”