Man killed inside ambulance in Atteridgeville mob justice attack

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Angry community members descended on the ambulance on Monday evening.

Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko says a police escort was requested to allow a safe entrance for the provincial emergency response team.

"The patient was found already on the ground surrounded by the community. The paramedics were able to initiate treatment and prepared to transport the patient to the nearest hospital. As the ambulance was getting ready to leave the scene community members reacted and started throwing stones and barricaded the road to prevent the ambulance from leaving. They accused the patient of some crime and demanded justice on the spot.

“The Green Angels ran for cover as they were now under attack. Unfortunately, the patient was further fatally assaulted while lying on an ambulance stretcher," says Nkomo-Ralehoko.

Nkomo-Ralehoko says the ambulance was also extensively damages and some medical equipment stolen. 

A case has since been opened with the police.

She has pleaded with residents of Gauteng to not take the law into their own hands.

“Attacks on our personnel have dire consequences as they make it difficult for them to discharge the constitutional mandate to provide access to healthcare services. I will be further engage the Community Safety Department and community structures to see how we can work together to strengthen some of the interventions that are already in place to curb such incidents.”