Police are investigating the death of a baby boy who R”L suffered a cardiac arrest after he stopped breathing at a Shul in north-west London.

The eight-day-old baby, who had reportedly just underwent a Bris Milah, was taken to hospital after he suddenly developed breathing problems at the Shul in Golders Green.

A police spokesman said he was taken to the Royal Free Hospital by the Hatzolah Ambulance Service at about 8.25am on February 1.

He was later transferred to University College Hospital, where he R”L died on February 9.

A post-mortem examination found the baby suffered a cardiac arrest and oxygen starvation to the brain.

The cause of death has not been confirmed and police are treating the death as unexplained, the spokesman said.

He said: “Inquiries are being carried out by officers from the Specialist Crime Directorate to establish the circumstances that led to the child becoming ill.

A spokesman for the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the body that represents British Jews, named the boy as Amitai.

He told the Daily Telegraph: “We are deeply saddened by the event. There were absolutely no problems at the time of the Bris and it was about 15 minutes afterwards that it was noticed there were some breathing difficulties.

“No causal connection has been established between the circumcision and Amitai’s death. It was carried out by a mohel who is a registered member of the Initiation Society, which has been regulating and training them for over 200 years.”

(Source: Daily Mail UK)