A 12-year-old girl was killed in Scotland today when a wall collapsed onto her at school, police said.
First Minister Alex Salmond said he was "shocked and deeply saddened" by the accident, which occurred in the sports block of a school near the Scottish capital Edinburgh.
"Police in Edinburgh responded to Liberton High School after a wall within the building collapsed, injuring a female pupil at 10:00am," a spokesman for Police Scotland said.
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"She was treated by ambulance staff on the scene, but was pronounced dead."
In 2011, a 15-year-old girl fell down a lift shaft at the same school, suffering three fractured vertebrae, bruising on her back and a sprained wrist.
Edinburgh City Council was fined USD 13,300 in February for the incident, which occurred as teachers tried to free the girl from a broken-down lift.
Liberton High School was also hit by tragedy in December, when a pupil, 13-year-old Jamie Skinner, died after collapsing during a youth football match.
