Gauteng province health department has indicated that , a South African mob attacked and killed a patient in an ambulance on suspicion of committing a crime.
The mob also assaulted paramedics who were treating the patient in the Atteridgeville area, causing damage to the ambulance.
After the man was injured in a mob attack, paramedics responded to calls for help. They began treatment on the scene and prepared to transport the patient to the nearest hospital.
“As the ambulance was getting ready to leave the scene, community members started throwing stones and barricaded the road to prevent the ambulance leaving… they demanded justice on the spot,” the health department said in a statement.
It added: “Unfortunately the patient was further fatally assaulted while on an ambulance stretcher. The ambulance was extensively damaged and medical equipment was stolen.”