Sepang police chief Norhizam Bahaman said the case had been classified as sudden death. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: A seven-year-old pupil died after reportedly experiencing breathing difficulties in a classroom at a school in Dengkil yesterday.

Sepang police chief Norhizam Bahaman said police received a report on the incident at 7.30pm yesterday.

"The victim reportedly experienced breathing difficulties while in class before receiving initial assistance at the scene," he said in a statement, according to Bernama.

Norhizam said a post-mortem was conducted at Putrajaya Hospital at 8am today and the case had been classified as sudden death.