ANA reports that two people died when Gauteng emergency medical services (EMS) paramedics came under fire while they were attending to a patient in Cullinan on Saturday evening.  

Paramedics were returning to an EMS base at about 6.30pm when they came across what looked like a dead body lying on the side of the road next to the entrance of Refiloe township in Cullinan.  The Gauteng health department reported further:  "While they were trying to attend to the patient two vehicles appeared and randomly started shooting at the direction of the paramedics.  The paramedics had to escape the scene, abandoning the patient and the ambulance.  Two people were declared dead on the scene."

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