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The story of one school and three of its students who ended up dead – told by their classmate, BBC journalist Athar Ahmad.

20 years ago, journalist Athar Ahmad walked through the gates of his secondary school in west London. The school was what everyone in the area described as a ‘rough’ school but its students all felt as though they faced many of the same challenges and went through many of the same experiences.

But three of Athar’s classmates wouldn’t make it to the age he is now.

In this raw and personal series, Athar asks why the lives of his classmates went down such different paths and why three of them ended up dead - murdered brutally and violently.

As Athar tries to make sense of what happened, he explores issues around multiculturalism, identity and life for communities in the UK, told through the prism of a school at the crossroads of modern Britain.

Presenter: Athar Ahmad
Producer: Georgia Catt

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14 minutes

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Tue 2 Sep 202500:30
BBC Radio 4

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