School security will be re-examined following the stabbing death of a 12-year-old schoolboy in Brisbane, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says.
Police are investigating the death of the boy at St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe, on Monday morning.
A 13-year-old fellow student from the Catholic school is assisting police with their inquiries.
Ms Bligh said her heart went out to the dead boy's family and the school community.
She said there were no broader safety concerns at Queensland schools, but security at the school and the results of the police investigation would be reviewed in case safety could be improved.
"I think it's fair to say that schools in Queensland are not like some of the schools we might see in some of the big cities in the US," Ms Bligh told reporters.
"We don't have a serious problem with children bringing implements and weapons to school. "But when it does occur it can end in tragedy and that's what's happened today.
"We'll be certainly looking at the arrangements of school security as a result of this incident ... if there are any lessons that will protect other students of course we will look at them."
Ms Bligh said the government was prepared to assist the college.
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