Man seriously hurt after second Cardiff stabbing in 24 hours

Officers are continuing to investigate the circumstances of Friday's stabbing in Riverside

A 33-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital after a second stabbing in 24 hours in Cardiff.

He was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning in Loudoun Square in the Butetown area of the city and is in Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales.

The first stabbing was on Friday morning at Smeaton Street in Riverside and a man is stable in hospital.

South Wales Police have issued a 24-hour notice of stop and search orders in three inner city areas of Cardiff.

Loudoun Square is on Bute Street, a main road between Cardiff city centre and Cardiff Bay

The force said the notice - until 1400 GMT on Sunday - will apply in Butetown, Grangetown and Riverside to "prevent serious violence".

Officers say the two incidents - which happened within two miles of each other - are not linked but they are appealing for witnesses.

Friday's knife attack in Riverside was around the morning rush hour at 07:30 GMT while Saturday's stabbing in Butetown was at about at 02:20 GMT.

This shows a map of stop and searches in the area last month

What does stop and search mean?

• The police's stop and search powers gives officers the option to stop anyone in Butetown, Grangetown and Riverside until Sunday afternoon.

• The force's aim is to "find dangerous instruments or to apprehend persons carrying weapons" in those areas.

• In means police can stop and search any pedestrian, or anything carried by them for offensive weapons or dangerous instruments without good reason - or the same of any vehicle, its driver and any passenger.

• South Wales Police have undertaken more than 2,600 stop and searches in their force area in the last year.

• But the current order in place in these areas of Cardiff means that officers can stop anyone, not just people they might feel are acting suspiciously.