Murder investigation launched after two people assaulted

A murder investigation was launched after a 17-year-old girl died and a woman was seriously injured.

Gwent Police said an 18-year-old man from Newbridge was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the incident at Cefn Fforest, near Blackwood, Caerphilly, at around 0715 GMT.

The girl was declared dead at the scene, while a 56-year-old woman from Cefn Fforest is currently receiving treatment in hospital.

Armed police attended a property in Wheatley Place on Thursday following reports that two people had been seriously injured.

Det Supt Philip O’Connell said police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident following the arrest.

“We recognize that such reports can be concerning and residents are likely to see increased numbers of police officers in the area as we carry out further investigations,” he said.

They asked anyone with information to contact them.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said two air ambulance helicopters, as well as ambulances, were sent to the scene at 7.23am on Thursday.

Two police officers were guarding the gate of a semi-detached house behind a police cordon on Thursday afternoon.

Crime officers in white paper suits, carrying equipment with them, examined the interior of the house while a police dog searched the area at the front of the house.

A large area of ​​the roads around the house was blocked off with police tape. The street was very quiet as very few residents were moving around on the street.

Two young girls approached officers at the police cordon; One of them was crying.

Neighbor Alun Phillips, 77, told the BBC he had been working nights and was woken this morning by doors slamming.

He said he didn’t know people at home who “kept to themselves.”