Police investigate sudden death of a toddler in Derry/Londonderry

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By Richard O'Reilly

Police are investigating the circumstances around the sudden death of a toddler in Derry/Londonderry.

Emergency services were called a house in the Bogside shortly after 10am on Sunday morning.

Police say a postmortem will be carried out to determine the cause of death.

MLA for the area Karen Mullan said she felt devastated for the family:

"Absolutely tragic, the community is in shock" said Ms Mullen "the death of a young child is just unimaginable

"We send our sympathies to the family at this very difficult time"

Karen Mullan MLA also said it was a particularly close-knit community which has been left stunned by the news

"The neighbours were very upset yesterday" said Ms Mullen "There's quite a number of young children.

"They [the community] were in deep, deep shock" continued Ms Mullen "But they will pull together and will support the mother and father"

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