'HIS SMILE LIT UP THE SCHOOL'

Tributes paid to blind teen in a wheelchair who died after falling down a flight of stairs at his school in Birmingham

Tearful mourners describe Muhammad Ghafoor, 15, as a 'lovely boy' who was 'always smiling'

By Neal Baker

29th September 2016, 10:14 pm

Updated: 30th September 2016, 1:14 am

HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to a blind disabled teen who died after falling down a flight of stairs at his school in Birmingham.

Mourners gathered to pay their respects to wheelchair-bound Muhammad Ghafoor at Lexells Central Mosque on Wednesday.

The first picture has emerged of the 15-year-old, who was described as “a lovely boy” whose smile “lit up the whole school“.

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‘Always smiling’ … Muhammad Ghafoor died after falling down stairs at his school

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Mourning … Hundreds gathered at a mosque in Birmingham on Wednesday to remember the schoolboy

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Investigation … Coroner is probing what caused wheelchair-bound Muhammad to fall

He died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital four days after the unexplained fall at Mayfield School on September 9.

Staff from the school joined hundreds of grieving friends and family to attend the funeral.

One said: “You’ll hear the same from everyone – he was a fantastic boy. Always smiling.

“We came to let the family know we feel their pain.”

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Tributes … Staff from Mayfield school were among scores of friends and family members at Lexells Central Mosque

Councillor Mahmood Hussain, who knows the family, praised teachers and assistants at Mayfield school for paying their respects.

He said: “I think it is a lovely gesture that teachers from the school went to the funeral. I think that was very important.”