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| Boy 'tangled in blind cord' dies | Boy 'tangled in blind cord' dies |
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| A boy aged nearly two has died after he is understood to have become entangled in the cord of a window blind. | A boy aged nearly two has died after he is understood to have become entangled in the cord of a window blind. |
| The emergency services were called to a house in Nefyn near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, at about 2230 BST on Wednesday. | The emergency services were called to a house in Nefyn near Pwllheli, Gwynedd, at about 2230 BST on Wednesday. |
| Gethin Ifor Jones was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd, where he died. Police said it was a "tragic accident" and they are not treating his death as suspicious. | Gethin Ifor Jones was taken to Ysbyty Gwynedd, where he died. Police said it was a "tragic accident" and they are not treating his death as suspicious. |
| The north west Wales coroner has opened and adjourned an inquest and a post mortem examination is to take place. | |
| The boy would have been two years old next week. | The boy would have been two years old next week. |
| Local councillor Llinos Merks called it a horrendous tragedy. | |
| "As a community I'm sure we all sympathise deeply with the family for their tragic loss," she said. | |
| "To lose him in such a way is horrendous. I'm sure the whole community will do anything withiin their power to get them through this. | |
| "Everybody's just just shocked. There's a black cloud over the town today." |