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27/06/2007
Police shoot man in Wales
A man is in critical condition after he was shot by an armed officer in Ebbw Vale, south Wales.
Negotiators and armed police had been investigating a report that an armed man was in a semi-detached house in the Rassau area.
One shot was fired by an officer at around 11:10pm wounding a 56 year old man in the stomach.
The Independent Police Commission are investigating the incident.
Gwent Police said that reports that an armed man was in a house were being investigated and that the man was in a critical condition following the shooting.
Neighbours said that the man had recently lost his mother and that his partner had died a little over a year ago.
(SP/JM)
Negotiators and armed police had been investigating a report that an armed man was in a semi-detached house in the Rassau area.
One shot was fired by an officer at around 11:10pm wounding a 56 year old man in the stomach.
The Independent Police Commission are investigating the incident.
Gwent Police said that reports that an armed man was in a house were being investigated and that the man was in a critical condition following the shooting.
Neighbours said that the man had recently lost his mother and that his partner had died a little over a year ago.
(SP/JM)
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