Schoolgirl (12) charged with attempted murder

A 12-year-old girl has slashed a fellow student's neck and hands in a knife attack at a school north of Brisbane.

A teacher was able to disarm the student and save the victim, a girl also aged 12.

The attack happened just after 9am (AEST) yesterday and left the victim with minor knife wounds to her neck and hands.

Police won't name the Caboolture school where the attack happened.

The girl accused of the crime has been charged with attempted murder and will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.

It's the second such crime at a Queensland school in about three weeks.

Last month, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was charged after allegedly stabbing a fellow student in the chest at her Gold Coast high school.

It's alleged she and the victim, a boy aged 13, got into an argument before the stabbing at Coombabah State High School.