A primary school student was killed on Monday after being strangled by a classmate inside a Saudi schoolyard.

According to the local newspaper "Sabk" that a team of the Saudi Red Crescent came to the school to help the student, who is in the sixth grade, at the age of 12 years, was transferred to King Khalid University Hospital, but he died.

She added that the security authorities started the site of the incident, and raised fingerprints, and cameras were seen, before opening an investigation report to know the reasons for the incident.

The news of the killing of the child caused panic among parents as soon as details were circulated on social media, as it is one of the most violent incidents in Saudi schools.