{"id":36109,"date":"2025-01-31T11:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=36109"},"modified":"2025-01-31T21:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:17:23","slug":"air-ambulance-lands-in-city-centre-as-police-deal-with-incident-in-butetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/air-ambulance-lands-in-city-centre-as-police-deal-with-incident-in-butetown\/","title":{"rendered":"Butetown: Police investigating suspected assault after man airlifted to hospital with serious injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following an incident near Cardiff city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage from the scene captured by CJS news shows an air ambulance landing in Callaghan Square at around 10am as well as emergency services at the entrance of The Huggard homeless centre on Hansen Street. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"36110\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"36110\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/01\/HEADER1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emergency services at the scene of the incident on Friday morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South Wales Police later confirmed on social media an investigation is underway into the incident which is suspected to be an assault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One eyewitness told CJS News they saw someone &#8220;unresponsive&#8221; and people were being sent out of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A police cordon has been set up and the road is likely to be closed for &#8220;some time. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are now appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time to contact 101.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following an incident near Cardiff city centre. 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