A TEENAGER was taken to hospital after he was allegedly beaten up by fellow school pupils.

Police launched an investigation into the incident, which resulted in a boy being excluded for a week from Blackburn's Witton Park High School.

Now the father of Taahir Amir, 14, is refusing to let his son return to lessons as he fears for his safety.

Taahir, of Queen's Park Road, was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary after returning home from school with a bloody nose and suffering with blurred vision.

He claimed he was waiting for his lift home from school when he was surrounded by up to 10 pupils.

Police today confirmed they were looking in to the attack last Friday, and they were treating it as "racially-aggravated harassment."

John Gosling, headteacher of Witton Park High, said: "The school has investigated the matter and a pupil has been temporarily excluded for a week.

"The boy's parents have been invited into school to discuss what happened and the boy's future conduct in school."

Taahir has taken the week off school after advice from his doctor and his furious father Mohamed has met with the school's deputy head to ask for a transfer, claiming his son will face further bullying and racial harassment if he returns.

Taahir, who is now scared to leave the house, said: "I was waiting for my lift and someone pushed me and someone hit me behind my ear.

"That is when I got double vision and felt dizzy.

"They hit me in the face and stamped on my hand and someone hit me in the knee.

"They ran away and all I could see was the sun, everything I could see was blurred."

Taahir's father, an accountant, said: "Taahir is very scared to go in school now.

"We all live in the real world, I know these things happen and that teachers can't be there 24 hours a day.

"But he won't be going back to school now. It is a shame because our family has a long association with the school."

A police spokesman said: "It is being investigated as a racially-aggravated harassment. We have taken a statement from the aggrieved and inquiries are ongoing to trace the offenders."