Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Wales robbery death: man held

Police are questioning a 52-year-old man on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and false imprisonment in connection with the death of a man in Pontypool, south Wales One man was killed and another seriously injured during a robbery at a driver recruitment agency's offices.
Two other men at the scene suffered the effects of breathing in smoke after the offices were set on fire. Later police said armed officers dealt with an incident in the Rumney area of Cardiff which was understood to be linked to the death of a man at New Inn in Pontypool.
It was initially reported that the Pontypool incident happened at a driving school, but it was in fact the Driver Line 247 recruitment agency. The agency's offices, on an industrial estate on New Road, in the New Inn area of the town, were sealed off by police, as was a street in Cardiff.

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