AN Emergency Services crew was ambushed, assaulted and robbed by a gang of knife-wielding men while loading a patient into an ambulance in the Happy Valley informal settlement near Blackheath yesterday.
The five men stabbed the female paramedic with a broken bottle before taking the crew’s valuables, including wallets, mobile phones and handbags.
Her colleague was threatened with a knife, but was not injured.
The suspects then ripped the mobile data terminal from the vehicle’s dashboard, putting it out of service for several weeks.
EMS provincial spokesperson Robert Daniels said the crew received medical attention
Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk said they were investigating a case of robbery.