Toddler's death now being treated as murder

A execution probe has begun aft the decease of a 23-month-old miss successful County Tyrone, constabulary person said.

Tavia Da Costa, who was owed to crook 2 aboriginal this month, died astatine a location successful Windmill Court successful Dungannon connected Sunday.

Police had been treating the decease arsenic suspicious, but said pursuing the results of a post-mortem examination, it was being upgraded to murder.

A antheral and 2 women, each aged successful their 20s, person been arrested successful transportation with the toddler's decease and are successful custody astatine this time.

The kid has connections to the East Timorese assemblage successful Dungannon.

Roy Setiawan, seat of the Timorese Association Inclusive Support, said the assemblage was “heartbroken”.

"It's conscionable a daze to the full community, the East Timorese community, but besides it's disturbing for the full assemblage of Dungannon," helium said.

“It is conscionable truly bittersweet and I would similar to scope retired to our assemblage and the wider assemblage to explicit our condolences and our deepest sympathy to those who are mentally and physically affected by this tragic incident."