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Keane Wallis-Bennett death: Funeral held | Keane Wallis-Bennett death: Funeral held |
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The funeral of a 12-year-old girl who died after a wall fell on her at an Edinburgh school has been held. | The funeral of a 12-year-old girl who died after a wall fell on her at an Edinburgh school has been held. |
Keane Wallis-Bennett was fatally hurt when a free-standing wall collapsed on her at Liberton High School on 1 April. | Keane Wallis-Bennett was fatally hurt when a free-standing wall collapsed on her at Liberton High School on 1 April. |
Her friends wore onesies to her funeral at the city's Mortonhall Crematorium after her family asked mourners to wear bright colours. | Her friends wore onesies to her funeral at the city's Mortonhall Crematorium after her family asked mourners to wear bright colours. |
The school is due to open on 22 April following the Easter break. | The school is due to open on 22 April following the Easter break. |
A group of Keane's friends wore brightly coloured onesies and T-shirts bearing photographs of her as they followed the horse-drawn hearse to the ceremony. | |
During the the ceremony, which lasted more than an hour, a song composed by her friends called Keane's Song was played to the congregation. | |
The minister, Cameron Mackenzie, spoke about how Keane had packed so much into her short life. | |
Honouring and remembering | |
He spoke about how she played the violin, how she had a brown belt in karate and how she was a member of the pupil council. | |
She had loved every moment of her life and Hoovered up every experience, he added. | |
Mr McKenzie asked her friends to live their lives as Keane would have done as a way of honouring and remembering her. | |
He said to her friends: "Never forget Keane, but also never forget her family." | |
The minister asked them to send Keane's family postcards from their holidays and pictures from their future weddings. | |
The gym building where Keane died will remain closed, and could be demolished following the completion of a police investigation. | The gym building where Keane died will remain closed, and could be demolished following the completion of a police investigation. |
Similar walls have been identified in changing rooms and toilets at Leith Academy and Castlebrae High School, as well as in 11 primary schools across Edinburgh. | Similar walls have been identified in changing rooms and toilets at Leith Academy and Castlebrae High School, as well as in 11 primary schools across Edinburgh. |
Some were cordoned off as a precaution while safety checks were carried out. | Some were cordoned off as a precaution while safety checks were carried out. |
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