A 10-YEAR-old schoolgirl found dead with a “slashed throat” has been named as “beloved” Year 5 student Sophie Wang.

The girl was found dead at a home on the Gold Coast in Australia by a male relative, according to local reports.

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Queensland Police say a woman, 46, was charged with murder after the girl’s throat was allegedly slashed.

Cops say the girl’s killer was known to her.

She was found just after 6pm at a home in Emerald Lakes, Carrara, with police then opening a homicide investigation.

The girl’s principal at Emmanuel College, Dan Brown, wrote a letter to parents paying tribute to the “beloved” schoolgirl.

“It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of a tragic incident that occurred in a home within Emerald Lakes last night, resulting in the passing of one of our beloved students,” he wrote.

“We are devastated by this incident and know it will profoundly impact our school community.

“Our prayers go out to the family and friends of the child, and we extend our deepest condolences to all those affected by this tragedy.”

Queensland Police Inspector Lou Serafim said cops were called at 6pm, adding the girl lived at the home where her body was found.

“At approximately six o’clock this evening police received a triple-0 emergency call in relation to a 10-year-old girl who was located deceased in a unit,” she said.

“At this point in time we are treating the death of the 10-year-old girl as suspicious, and investigations are currently under way in relation to the demise of the girl.

“The triple-0 call was made by a relative who was at the incident scene when they located the 10-year-old girl.”

She called the scene “quite traumatic”.

Neighbour Chris Sydes told Australia’s Nine News he was struck by “heartache” when he watched the cops come into the street.

He said: “It’s just a terrible, terrible event, terrible, breaks your heart.”

Pictures circulating on social media show several cop cars and an ambulance with their lights flashing on a street.

A tent was put up beside the ambulance shortly before 8pm, according to the Courier Mail.

The Queensland newspaper reported members of a forensics team in blue suits were seen entering the property.

An unnamed resident was in shock.

She told local media: “It’s normally very quiet around here.

“I can’t believe it.”

Emerald Lakes is located about a 15-minute drive in land from the popular Surfers Paradise.

It’s beside Carrara Stadium, which hosted track and field at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and about an hour’s drive south of Brisbane.

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