A three-year-old boy who was left at home in the care of neighbours was reportedly killed by a stray dog on Tuesday morning.

The child has been identified as Dimitri Thomas of Bowtie Land in St Andrew.

The police reports are that the child's mother, who is a casual worker, left her son at home at 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday and went to purchase food at a nearby cookshop. She reportedly asked a neighbour to watch the boy while she was on the road. It is alleged that on her way home, the mother stopped to talk to a friend when a resident of the community told her that a dog had attacked her child.

The child was rushed to the Bustamante Hospital for Children and was admitted in serious condition. He subsequently died while undergoing treatment yesterday.