Community 'grieving with family' after dog kills baby

A COMMUNITY has been left “in shock” after a baby was killed by a dog in South Wales.

- ELEANOR STOREY Press Association reporter

Emergency services were called to an address in Crossway, Rogiet, at 6pm on Sunday following a report of a dog attack.

A nine-month-old baby was pronounced dead at the scene.

Peter Strong, Monmouthshire county councillor for the Rogiet ward, described the incident as “unbelievably awful”.

He said: “I think the community is very much in mourning, there’s a profound sense of shock. [People are] really stunned, I think.

“Clearly, our thoughts are with the family, to lose a baby in these circumstances, a thing of deep joy and love, to have that taken away from you... It’s unbelievably awful. I'd like to appeal to the community to remain calm and give the police a chance to do their work and to give the family the chance to grieve in peace.”