Heavily pregnant woman stabbed in the street in Aberfan while taking her child to school
A manhunt for a suspected knifeman has been launched today after a 'heavily pregnant' woman was stabbed in Aberfan in an alleged 'domestic incident', MailOnline reports.
Armed police swooped on Moy Road in the South Wales village shortly after 9am this morning after the 29-year-old woman was reportedly found in a pool of blood on the pavement.
Witnesses reported that she was stabbed multiple times.
Multiple schools and childcare centres were placed on lockdown amid a police hunt for the suspect. Neighbours ran into the street with pillows and blankets while emergency services arrived.
The woman, who according to locals is ‘heavily pregnant’, was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff for treatment. South Wales Police said that her injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
Armed police are patrolling Aberfan after a woman was stabbed by a knifeman.
In a statement, South Wales Police said: ‘The suspect left the scene immediately after the incident and enquiries are ongoing to find him. A search of the immediate area is being carried out by armed officers.
‘Local schools have activated their lockdown protocols to keep pupils safe whilst the incident is ongoing.
‘We continue to request that people avoid the area so that we can effectively deal with this incident. The woman has been taken to hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening at this time.’
Images from the scene show multiple emergency service vehicles in attendance. Forensic officers can be seen gathering evidence with a police cordon at Coronation Place, which connects to Moy Road.
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: ‘We were called today at approximately 9:10am to reports of an incident in Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil.
‘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.’
Villager Gareth Jones, 64, told MailOnline: ‘She’s not been here for long and was heavily pregnant – not far from giving birth.
‘She was taking her child to one of the local schools when this man came out of nowhere and stabbed her in the street.
‘It looks like the fellow is still on the loose, there are police everywhere.’
