A team of selfless officers who risked their own lives, entering a blazing building multiple times to rescue residents and help a knife attack victim, have been nominated for the National Police Bravery Awards 2024

Officers were dispatched to an emergency call in the early hours of 16 November 2022 following reports that a 32-year-old man had stabbed his father with a knife at an address in Nelson, near Caerphilly.

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Following their arrival at the scene, Gwent and South Wales Police officers from the joint firearms unit and response provided first aid to the victim while a PC, who wishes to remain anonymous, and PS Luke Francis attended the address of the suspect following reports he had left the scene of the assault.