Balerno teenager’s death unexplained but not suspicious

A 15 year old boy has been found dead at his home in his home in Balerno.

Emergency services were called to a house in Balerno’s Lovedale Road just after 9am on Tuesday.

The youngster who was a pupil at Balerno High School has not been named.

It is not known at this time how the teenager died but a police spokesman said the death was “unexplained” and being treated as “not suspicious”.

The police spokesman added: “Police in Edinburgh were called to an address in Lovedale Road, Balerno at around 9.05am on Tuesday 15 April following the sudden death of a 15-year-old boy.

“Enquiries are at a very early stage and the death is being treated as unexplained.”