Bridgend: Attempted murder arrest as boy, 2, critically ill in hospital

Officers were called to an address in Bridgend on Wednesday evening

Police have launched an investigation after a two-year-old boy was taken to hospital in critical condition.

A 31-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is in custody, police said.

Officers attended an address in the Broadlands area of Bridgend shortly before 20:00 BST on Wednesday.

The boy was taken the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where he remains in a critical condition.

There was still a police presence in the area on Thursday afternoon

At the scene, BBC Wales reporter Rhys Williams

South Wales Police detectives have been conducting house-to-house enquiries here in Broadlands this [Thursday] afternoon.

Shortly afterwards four officers in forensic suits arrived and entered a property.

The significant police presence is all the more conspicuous as the residential area is extremely quiet.

I spoke with one local resident who said there was an ambulance present last night as well as several police cars. She said the entire community was in shock.