A baby has died from cardiac arrest and oxygen starvation caused, it could be, by his bris. The Mirror reports:
DETECTIVES are investigating the death of a seven-day-old baby after he was circumcised.
Stunned relatives at the Jewish ceremony saw the toddler experience breathing difficulties.
He was taken to hospital but died eight days later. A post mortem found the infant died from cardiac arrest and oxygen starvation.
Police are to interview family members and the senior rabbi who performed the operation at [the Orthodox] Golders Green Synagogue in North London. Concerns raised by doctors treating the baby have led to the probe being led by Scotland Yard's child abuse investigators.
Police and Home Office sources said the investigation was "highly unusual".
A Scotland Yard spokesman stated: "The death is being treated as unexplained at this early stage."
The baby died two weeks ago at University College Hospital, Central London.…
[Hat Tip: The Beadle.]