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| Streets sealed as gang raid van | Streets sealed as gang raid van |
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| Armed police have cordoned off parts of a Cardiff suburb after a raid on a security van. | Armed police have cordoned off parts of a Cardiff suburb after a raid on a security van. |
| There were initial reports of an armed gang near Cardiff University Students' Union, but police said later they were believed to be wielding iron bars or something similar. | There were initial reports of an armed gang near Cardiff University Students' Union, but police said later they were believed to be wielding iron bars or something similar. |
| An area around the union building was sealed off and part of the building evacuated during the lunchtime drama. | An area around the union building was sealed off and part of the building evacuated during the lunchtime drama. |
| Police are trying to find out what was taken from the Securicor van. | Police are trying to find out what was taken from the Securicor van. |
| Passers-by reported the attack in Senghennydd Road just before midday, and police said they sent an armed response team as a precaution. | Passers-by reported the attack in Senghennydd Road just before midday, and police said they sent an armed response team as a precaution. |
| Some witnesses had said they thought the gang were carrying firearms. | Some witnesses had said they thought the gang were carrying firearms. |
| One witness, a 20-year-old student who did not want to be named, said: "I arrived just after it happened. | One witness, a 20-year-old student who did not want to be named, said: "I arrived just after it happened. |
| "There were two men sat in a Securicor van with all the doors open. The police arrived about 10 or 15 minutes after I'd arrived. | "There were two men sat in a Securicor van with all the doors open. The police arrived about 10 or 15 minutes after I'd arrived. |
| Roads were sealed off for hours after the incident | Roads were sealed off for hours after the incident |
| "It took quite a while for the police to arrive. The first people on the scene were armed police and they began to cordon off behind the students' union and they were shouting at people to move away." | "It took quite a while for the police to arrive. The first people on the scene were armed police and they began to cordon off behind the students' union and they were shouting at people to move away." |
| A large area from Llandough Street to Llanbleddian Gardens road remained cordoned off several hours later and dozens of police were at the scene, including armed officers. | |
| People who lived in the cordoned off area were escorted back to their homes by police. | People who lived in the cordoned off area were escorted back to their homes by police. |
| Although people were allowed back into the students' union building, they were asked to stay away from the Senghennydd Road side to avoid disturbing the scene. | Although people were allowed back into the students' union building, they were asked to stay away from the Senghennydd Road side to avoid disturbing the scene. |
| A police spokesman said the gang had left the scene, and it was not yet known whether anything was taken. | A police spokesman said the gang had left the scene, and it was not yet known whether anything was taken. |
| No arrests have been made. | No arrests have been made. |