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Woman Hospitalized After Mental-Health Incident at Swindon Asda

Police say there was no ongoing risk to shoppers.

Overview

  • Officers and paramedics responded to the Orbital Shopping Park Asda around 2pm on 9 January, with a police scene later lifted.
  • South Western Ambulance Service logged a 14:47 call and dispatched a land ambulance, an air ambulance, an operations officer and a first responder.
  • A woman in her 20s was conveyed by land ambulance to Great Western Hospital with injuries to her legs not thought to be life‑changing.
  • Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue reported a Stratton crew attended at 14:56 and required no action before stopping at 15:28.
  • Eyewitness reports described self‑immolation outside the store, which remains unconfirmed by official accounts.