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TimesLIVE reports that two KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) emergency services paramedics have been left wounded after responding to a callout that turned out to be a trap.
They were shot in the early hours of Wednesday morning after they responded to a plea for help in a maternity-related matter in the Amatikwe area of Inanda, north of Durban. When the medics arrived in the area they were met by a man who was supposed to direct them to the correct house. "He led them to a dirt road, where he produced a firearm and demanded their valuables," a provincial health department spokesperson indicated. While trying to flee the scene, one paramedic was shot in the back and the other in the wrist. Their cellphones were stolen. MEC for health in the province, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, described the incident as "shocking and barbaric".
- Read the full original of Lwandile Bhengu’s report on this story at TimesLIVE
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