Man charged with attempted murder after stabbing of pregnant woman in Aberfan

Armed police swarmed the small village following the shocking incident

Daniel Mihai Popescu, 28, has been charged with attempted murder following the stabbing of a 29-year-old woman in Aberfan on Tuesday morning, South Wales Police said.

It comes after a 29-year-old woman, who is reportedly pregnant, was stabbed in a village in South Wales. Armed police searched for the suspect after the woman was attacked in Moy Road, Aberfan, at about 9.10am on Tuesday.

Police said the woman was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff with injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening Schools and a community centre were closed after the incident as a precaution.

A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesman said: “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.”

Mr Popescu is due to appear at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning. The injured woman has been discharged from hospital.