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Police investigating the death of a nine-month-old baby have confirmed it was killed by the family dog. ‌

The boy, who has not yet been named, died at the scene in the south Wales village of Rogiet, Monmouthshire, on Sunday evening (November 2). Several ambulances, as well as dozens of police vehicles and armed response units, were dispatched to the scene at around 6pm. ‌

Assistant Chief Constable Vicki Townsend, of Gwent Police, offered her condolences to the family in a press conference on Monday afternoon. ‌

"Our officers attended a report of an attack by a family dog in an address in Crossway, Rogiet, at around 6pm on Sunday, November 2," she told Wales Online.

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"A nine-month-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene by personnel from the Welsh Am

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