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07/11/2014
Welsh Hostel Murder Contained 'Act Of Cannibalism'
Police investigating the murder of a woman at a hostel for homeless people in Wales, have said the crime contained an "act of cannibalism".
Police were called to the former Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, Blackwood, just before 01:30am on Thursday to reports that a man was attacking a woman.
When police arrived they found 34-year-old Matthew Williams attacking a woman, said to be aged 22.
According to reports, when police arrived Williams was eating the woman's eyeball, and had attacked her face. The female victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say that while attempting to restrain Mr Williams, a Taser was deployed and an arrest made. However, Mr Williams later became "unresponsive", and police say that despite attempts to revive him, he died at the scene.
The incident has been reported to Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Mr Williams is understood to be from the local area and was staying at the hostel having been released from prison two weeks earlier.
(MH/JP)
Police were called to the former Sirhowy Arms Hotel in Argoed, Blackwood, just before 01:30am on Thursday to reports that a man was attacking a woman.
When police arrived they found 34-year-old Matthew Williams attacking a woman, said to be aged 22.
According to reports, when police arrived Williams was eating the woman's eyeball, and had attacked her face. The female victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say that while attempting to restrain Mr Williams, a Taser was deployed and an arrest made. However, Mr Williams later became "unresponsive", and police say that despite attempts to revive him, he died at the scene.
The incident has been reported to Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).
Mr Williams is understood to be from the local area and was staying at the hostel having been released from prison two weeks earlier.
(MH/JP)
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