Overview

• Four people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, two of whom remain in treatment.
• Local footage shows more than ten men engaged in a mass brawl on Commercial Road using large poles as weapons.
• Gwent Police arrested six men aged 25 to 52 and a 17-year-old on suspicion of violent disorder; all seven remain in custody.
• Commercial Road was closed between Albert Street and Frederick Street for several hours before reopening to traffic.
• Police continue their investigation and have appealed for witnesses present between 3pm and 4pm on August 1 to quote log reference 2500245417.