Student, 12, dies of stab wounds
Sarah Elks
February 15, 2010
A 12-year-old boy has died after allegedly being stabbed by a teenage classmate in Brisbane this morning.
A police spokeswoman said the incident happened about 8.15 at St Patrick's College in Shorncliffe - a private Catholic boys' school - where both boys were students.
A 13-year-old is assisting police with their inquiries, while he recovers in a nearby hospital from minor wounds.
The 12-year-old is understood to have been stabbed in the chest.
He was rushed to Brisbane's Royal Children's Hospital in a critical condition but later died.
A police spokeswoman said investigators were still trying to confirm the exact location of the stabbing and further details about the incident.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that two male students from St Patrick's College, Park Parade, Shorncliffe were involved in an altercation at the school around 8.15am,” police said in a statement.
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