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A man has been arrested after the bodies of a man and a woman were found on one of Cardiff’s main shopping streets. A man has been arrested after the bodies of two people were found on one of Cardiff’s main shopping streets.
The two people were found on Queen Street at about 5.50am on Wednesday. There were unconfirmed reports the two had been stabbed. The 33-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were found dead on Queen Street at about 5.50am on Wednesday. There were reports they had been stabbed.
South Wales police said a man was in custody in connection with their deaths and officers were not looking for anyone else. South Wales police said a 20 year-old man from the Newport area was in custody in connection with their deaths and officers were not looking for anyone else.
A large part of the pedestrianised area remained cordoned off. Dozens of businesses were forced to close and hundreds of office workers were sent home. The force said: “He was arrested with the assistance of Gwent police officers, at an address in Castleton, within an hour of the incident being reported. He is currently detained in Cardiff Bay police station.
The man under arrest is understood to be aged 20 and from Newport, south Wales. “The identities of the two victims who both resided in Cardiff have been established and both families have been informed. They are being provided with support by South Wales police at this time. Postmortem examinations will be carried out to determine the causes of the deaths. At this stage it is believed that they sustained stab wounds.”
Workers heading to their jobs reported seeing “a pool of blood” outside a Boots store in the city centre. A large part of the pedestrianised area of Queen Street was cordoned off. Dozens of businesses had to close and hundreds of office workers were sent home.
One man said: “One of the victims was found outside Boots in a pool of blood - the other was just over the other side of the road outside Matalan. The police then arrived and sealed off the whole street and forensics officers set up a tent over the area. People at the scene reported seeing a pool of blood outside a Boots store. One man said: “One of the victims was found outside Boots in a pool of blood; the other was just over the other side of the road outside Matalan. The police then arrived and sealed off the whole street and forensics officers set up a tent over the area.”
South Wales police said: “Police are attending an incident that was reported to us at around 5.50am. A man has been arrested and is currently in police custody and police are not looking for anyone else in connection with this incident at this time. Ch Supt Belinda Davies said: “This incident occurred in the main shopping area in the heart of the city in rush hour and it has no doubt shocked the community of Cardiff. Please be reassured that we have a team of officers investigating what happened and importantly we have a suspect in custody and we are not looking for anybody else.
“Further information will be released when available and appropriate. In addition, there may be some disruption in Queen Street due to police cordons and we ask for the patience of the public while investigations are ongoing.” “We are in the very early stages of the investigation but I would like to add that at this stage we believe the suspect was known to the victims and it was not a random assault. I would like to dispel speculation circulating as to the motive behind this tragic incident and make it clear that this is not being linked to terrorism, and any links to the homeless community are unfounded.”
The Welsh ambulance service said it had sent a rapid response car, three ambulances and a hazardous area response team to the scene. Anybody with information about the incident was urged to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.