A 12-year-old schoolgirl has died after a wall collapsed on to her at an Edinburgh school.
Emergency services were called to the accident at Liberton High School, Gilmerton Road, in the south of the city, shortly before 10am.
Ambulance staff treated the girl at the scene, but she was pronounced dead.
Her parents are thought to have been informed.
Parents of children at the school were informed by text message an incident had taken place, and asking them to collect their children.
A policeman outside the comprehensive school where the pupil was killed Questions are being raised over the cause of the accident.
Students are believed to have voiced safety concerns about the wall that collapsed in the school's PE block.
And Edinburgh City Council has previously been prosecuted for "serious safety failings" at the same school.
Shailesh Shrestha, who has a son at the school, said: "I was in a meeting when I heard what had happened and have come in to collect my son.
"It is concerning that this has happened. You just don't expect this kind of thing to happen inside a school."
Councillor Nick Cook, who represents the Liberton/Gilmerton ward, said: "Our thoughts are first and foremost with the family.
"But serious questions need to be asked as to how this incident managed to come about."
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "Police in Edinburgh responded to Liberton High School after a wall within the building collapsed, injuring a female pupil at 10am.
"She was treated by ambulance staff on the scene, but was pronounced dead."
He added: "Inquiries into the full circumstances surrounding this incident are on-going and we are working alongside our relevant partner agencies."
A spokesman for Edinburgh City Council said: "A pupil at Liberton High School has sadly died following an incident at the school.
"Senior education staff and health and safety officers from the council are at the school providing support to staff and pupils."
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Twitter: "Awful news from Liberton High. My thoughts and condolences with family & friends."
It has also emerged the city council was fined £8,000 in February after a girl at the school was seriously injured when she fell more than 16 feet as teachers tried to free her from a broken lift.
The student, then aged 15, needed hospital treatment for three fractured vertebrae, bruising over her lower back, and a sprained wrist.
The authority was fined at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to breaching Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, according to the Health and Safety Executive.
The comprehensive school serves the south of Edinburgh and has 65 staff and 650 pupils.
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