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divdiv class=story-body readability=22 span class=story-date#13; span class=date6 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time09:33 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A pet dog that killed a four-year-old girl died from stab wounds, Leicestershire Police have confirmed./p#13; pLexi Branson was attacked in the lounge of a flat in Rowena Court, Mountsorrel, near Loughborough, on Tuesday at about 12:15 GMT. She died later in hospital./p#13; pIn a statement, Leicestershire Police said the dog was a bulldog, which it said was not a breed listed under the Dangerous Dogs Act./p#13; pThe dog was stabbed during attempts to save Lexi, police said./p#13; pDet Supt David Sandall, from Leicestershire Police, said: This is a very tragic incident and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Lexi at this extremely difficult time./p#13; pThe flat remains cordoned off to allow for a forensic examination and we are continuing to investigate the circumstances leading to the tragic death of Lexi and this will include the history of the dog./p#13; span class=cross-head'Bubbly little girl'/span#13; pThe girl's mother Jodie Hudson and grandmother Kerry Hudson said the little girl would be sadly missed and never forgotten./p#13; pIn a statement, they said: Lexi was a bubbly, bright little girl. /p#13; pShe fought for her life from the moment she was born as she was born three months prematurely. She's been taken from us so tragically./p#13; pShe will be sadly missed, she will be our shining star in the sky and she will never be forgotten./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center