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Armed siege after earlier killing | Armed siege after earlier killing |
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Police are continuing to hunt for a man wanted in connection with a suspected robbery which left one man dead and another with serious head injuries. | Police are continuing to hunt for a man wanted in connection with a suspected robbery which left one man dead and another with serious head injuries. |
Armed police surrounded a house in Cardiff in the search for him after hostages were earlier reportedly taken at an office in Pontypool. | |
The hunt moved to Cardiff where some homes in Penrhos Crescent, Rumney, were evacuated. | |
The fire and ambulance services were later stood down at around 2030 BST. | |
Witnesses said armed police took up positions in mid afternoon. | |
It followed the reported robbery at a driver recruitment agency on an industrial estate in New Inn, Pontypool. | |
Gwent Police said they were called at around 1325 BST and when officers arrived they found one man fatally injured and another with serious head injuries. | |
The injured man was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport as were two other men who were treated for smoke inhalation from the blaze started during the incident. | The injured man was taken to the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport as were two other men who were treated for smoke inhalation from the blaze started during the incident. |
The offices of Driverline 247, were also set alight. | |
Police used dogs and a helicopter in the search for the suspect who fled the scene at South Pontypool Industrial Park and Torfaen Business Centre. | |
The ongoing armed incident in Cardiff is thought to be related to the killing | The ongoing armed incident in Cardiff is thought to be related to the killing |
Police in Cardiff later said there was an ongoing incident in the city but would not say if it was linked to the incident near Pontypool. | Police in Cardiff later said there was an ongoing incident in the city but would not say if it was linked to the incident near Pontypool. |
Andrea Osborne was one of a number of people stopped from crossing the police cordon at the scene. | Andrea Osborne was one of a number of people stopped from crossing the police cordon at the scene. |
She found herself a car with her brother Jason and her three-and-a-half-year-old niece Ayah. | She found herself a car with her brother Jason and her three-and-a-half-year-old niece Ayah. |
She said: "My brother went round to the corner shop with his little girl and when he came back, that's when the police turned up, literally right outside my mother's door." | She said: "My brother went round to the corner shop with his little girl and when he came back, that's when the police turned up, literally right outside my mother's door." |