Man arrested after 'heavily pregnant' woman stabbed while taking kids to school
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29-year-old woman in a village in South Wales this morning, police have said.
Officers responded to an incident in Moy Road, Aberfan, at around 9.10am on Tuesday. The woman, who was stabbed while taking her children to school, was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff for treatment. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
South Wales Police said the suspect left the scene "immediately" after the incident and a manhunt was launched to find him. This afternoon, armed police rushed to an address on Wyndham Street in the village of Troedyrhiw, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away from the scene of the stabbing in Moy Road. Footage from the scene shows a man being led away by police officers.
A man has been arrested by South Wales Police (Rowan Griffiths / Daily Mirror)Following the arrest, South Wales Police said: "Following a report that a 29-year-old woman had been stabbed on Moy Road, Aberfan, Merthyr earlier this morning, officers have arrested a 28-year-old man from Merthyr on suspicion of attempted murder. He is currently in police custody."
After the incident, the MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney said Abertfan is "close-knit community" that will have "serious concern" following the stabbing. Labour MP Gerald Jones told Sky News on Tuesday: "Aberfan is a very close knit, tight community.
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"The community centre and the schools are very close by, hence the reason why police are keen for people not to go to the area. The community centre has closed its doors for the moment, and the schools have locked down as well because they are in very close proximity to Moy Road.
The scene on Moy Road in the village of Aberfan, Merthyr, South Wales (PA)"The community, as I said, is a very tight-knit community so there is, undoubtedly, serious concern within the community." A mother said her daughter's scream alerted neighbours to the stabbing of the woman.
Lynne Terrett, from Merthyr Tydfil, said her daughter Kira Terrett was walking her dog near her home in Aberfan when she saw the attack. She said her daughter looked around after she heard the sound of the woman running towards her.
"(The woman) fell," she said. "My daughter screamed and people came out from everywhere." She said the knifeman fled. "If she had not screamed, people would not have gone out," she said. She said her daughter was shaken and the victim was pregnant.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We sent one emergency ambulance, one air ambulance and one Cymru high acuity response unit to the scene, where advanced critical care support was delivered by the emergency medical retrieval and transfer service. We conveyed one patient by road to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, for further treatment."
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