Child, 6, dies weeks after Waterford arson attack
Summary
Six-year-old Elliot English died on Friday at a Dublin hospital, weeks after he was critically injured in a suspected arson attack on his family home in County Waterford. His parents and two siblings died in the 13 October fire; another injured child remains in hospital.Key Facts
- The fire took place at a home on Birch Avenue, on the outskirts of Waterford, on 13 October.
- Elliot English died at Children's Health Ireland hospital in Crumlin, Dublin.
- His parents, Kim and Philip English, and siblings Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9, died in the fire.
- A second child who was critically injured remains in hospital.
- Irish police opened a multiple murder investigation after the fire.
- People arrested in connection with the attack were released without charge.
- Hundreds of people attended a prayer vigil in the days after the attack.
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