Ambulance crew hijacked, tied up and bank accounts raided: An ambulance crew responding to a distress call from Nellmapius near Mamelodi in Tshwane was on Saturday hijacked at gunpoint and tied up before the robbers stole their bank cards to raid their…
The shack in the field between Nellmapius area and Mavuso informal settlement near Mamelodi where the two Gauteng EMS crew members were tied.was on Saturday hijacked at gunpoint and tied up before the robbers stole their bank cards to raid their bank accounts.This is the second attack on ambulance crews within a fortnight, raising the ire of the Gauteng department of health.
The department said the emergency call for an ambulance was made in the early hours of Saturday, for a 48-year-old man who had purportedly collapsed with an unknown condition. The occupants of the address used to log the call later confirmed they had not called for an ambulance. “An ambulance was dispatched to the area from the Mamelodi base and on arrival in the vicinity of the address, two men waved to stop the crew. When the emergency responders stopped to engage them, the men pulled out firearms and forced them to drive to an unknown location.
“Both crew members were taken to a shack between bushes where they were tied up while the assailants drove away with the ambulance.”
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