Market Street Incident: Man throws ‘unknown liquid’ inside store

UPDATE 9:30pm: Police have issued a statement following the incident that closed Market Street late into the evening.

Shortly before 6pm tonight police were called to Casper Stores on Market Street in Wrexham following a report that a male had entered at 1.20pm this afternoon and thrown an unknown liquid substance onto shop furniture and goods.

The staff reported that the substance had an unpleasant smell. The emergency services responded, but it does not appear at this time that anyone has suffered any ill-effects.

Chief Inspector Andrew Williams of North Wales Police, said; “At this stage the circumstances are unclear, but presently there is no suggestion at all that the matter is either terrorism or hate related”

“The priority is to as ensure the safety of the public and the employees at the store. As with normal procedures, we are working closely with the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service to secure items believed contaminated with the substance and the Ambulance Service is attending as a precaution.

“Fortunately the liquid does not appear to have caused any ill-effects to the staff present at the time of the incident. The scene will be examined jointly with NWFRS and a criminal investigation led by detectives is ongoing”.

“As things stand, this appears to be an isolated incident and we have no reason to believe that there is a risk to the wider public”.

UPDATE 8:15pm: The Fire Service have told us they are attending the incident to assist police in a precautionary role, and there is no fire.

They also added there has been no casualties in the incident.

Emergency services remain at the scene, with no update as yet to the nature of the incident that has closed off the road.

Original information below:

Market Street in Wrexham town centre is closed off this evening.

Police attending the incident around 7pm tonight, with the road closed and blocked by police vehicles at both ends.

The fire service as well as the ambulance service are on scene.

Amy said, ” Incident going on by KFC / Peoples market road in town, police, ambulance and fire engine have shut off the road”.

@wrexham market street pic.twitter.com/hL06xhQeLK

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