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A four-year-old boy has died in an incident at a farm in Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh.A four-year-old boy has died in an incident at a farm in Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh.
Police were called to the area at about 20:30 BST on Thursday. Police were called to the area at about 20:30 BST on Thursday and the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The child was pronounced dead at the scene and the Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is investigating. The Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) is investigating the cause of death, which is understood to have involved farm machinery.
His was the first death of a child on a farm in Northern Ireland for almost three years, said the HSENI. There were seven deaths on NI farms in 2016 and six the year before, it added. The boy's death was the first of a child on a farm in Northern Ireland for almost three years, said the HSENI.
There were seven deaths on Northern Ireland farms in 2016 and six the year before, it added.
'The community is devastated'
The last child to die in a farm fatality was in June 2014, when a boy died in a slurry tank accident near Dunloy, County Antrim.The last child to die in a farm fatality was in June 2014, when a boy died in a slurry tank accident near Dunloy, County Antrim.
Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott said the community would "rally around" the "very close" family. "I hope they can deal with it," he said. DUP leader Arlene Foster said the news had shocked the close-knit farming community in Fermanagh.
"But in reality the family have lost a son, a grandson and a brother and that's something I'm sure they will find very, very difficult to come to terms with." Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott said the community would rally around the "very close" family.
"The family have lost a son, a grandson and a brother and that's something I'm sure they will find very, very difficult to come to terms with," he said.
Former Sinn Féin agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew said the community of Maguiresbridge was "devastated".Former Sinn Féin agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew said the community of Maguiresbridge was "devastated".
A spokesperson for the HSENI said: "The HSENI is aware of a fatality ‎on a farm in the Maguiresbridge area and is investigating. The Methodist Church in Maguiresbridge is holding a special service at 19:00 BST, inviting people to come together and to pray for the family.
"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the family at this most difficult time."