A teenage boy has been repeatedly stabbed during a lunchtime altercation near a Scottish secondary school.

It was reported that the 13-year-old victim was stabbed in the stomach, knees and also suffered a head injury in the alleged attack.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested following the incident, which happened at 1.30pm a few hundred yards from Shawlands Academy in Glasgow.

Police said the victim was was taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for surgery.

A Scottish Ambulance Service spokeswoman said he was not in a critical condition.

Paramedics were at the scene within two minutes of the call, and the ambulance spokeswoman added: "We received a call at 1.34pm today to attend an incident on Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow.

"We dispatched one ambulance and our paramedic response unit to the incident and one male patient was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital."

Pupils stood at a bus stop near the scene as officers cordoned off a section of pavement where the attack occurred.