Police tape off homeless shelter car park after incident in Shrewsbury
Police have taped off a car park next to a homeless shelter after an incident on Sunday evening.
An officer was standing guard at the car park next to Shrewsbury Ark in Castle Foregate, Shrewsbury, with a police van outside after the incident.
Police later confirmed a man suffered slash wounds in the car park of Shrewsbury Ark, with two people arrested.
The details of what happened are yet to be officially confirmed. A local takeaway worker told the Shropshire Star he understood there had been "fighting" at around 6.30pm and someone was taken away in an ambulance. He said the road was closed for a couple of hours.
Another worker said: "We've been asked not to say anything. We don't normally have much trouble here but it doesn't sound good."
Shrewsbury Ark chair Emily Bell said staff will be helping police with enquiries today. "We were closed yesterday so we're not sure what's happened. We believe it was on or around our car park. We're just assisting the police with their enquiries." She said the centre is only open to the "10 or 15" rough sleepers in the area, rather than the full cohort of around 60 people the centre helps.
