EWN reports that members of a Melomed24 paramedic crew are undergoing trauma counselling after being attacked in Athlone on Friday evening.  

Melomed24's Salaama Joseph said the paramedics had dropped off a colleague at home when they were ambushed by a group of men.  “When they went down the road they saw four guys at a tree. One of them approached the vehicle, pulled the handle and realised the door was locked.  The next one banged and shattered the window, he threw a brick.  He (the paramedic) immediately drove away.” The paramedics now fear for their safety.  In 2016, there were more than 80 incidents across Cape Town where emergency services officials were targeted by criminals.

• Read this report by Shamiela Fisher in full at EWN
• See too, Close shave for ambulance crew, at Cape Times

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