Archive for the ‘Assault’ Category

Paramedics treat injured after Kimberly prison riot

ER24 paramedics were called to the new prison in Kimberly on Smithdrift Road for assistance after a riot had allegedly broken out. Paramedics treated six patients within the walls of the prison, five of whom were prison guards, and one who was an inmate. The five wardens had sustained possible smoke inhalation injuries, and the [...]

Four Injured In Possible Xenophobic Riot

Police had their hands full when more than a hundred angry people started rioting near Pietermaritz street in Pietermaritzburg this evening. Although we cannot guarantee the fact, it most certainly resembled recent Xenophobic attacks that have been occurring around the country in the last months. ER24 paramedics who were on the scene, said that the [...]

Security Guard Stabbed By Suspect

A thirty seven year old security guard is in a serious condition after been attacked by a suspect at the corners of Boshoff and Pietermaritz street in Pietermaritzburg busy CBD region this afternoon. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene and found the security guard seated on the pavement surrounded by a pool of blood by [...]

Man Floods and Destroys his Flat in Cape Town

ER24 paramedics responded to a block of flats in Greenpoint yesterday evening after a call from the local authorities for a man that was disturbing the peace. The initial call may have been placed by a resident in the block of flats due to the commotion that was coming from the man’s apartment. When the [...]

Delivery Driver Stabbed By Car Guard

A forty year old man is in a serious condition after being stabbed in the back by a car guard in Long Market street this afternoon. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene to find the man seated on the pavement with blood pouring from his stab wound. Paramedics placed pressure bandages on the wound and [...]

Security Guard In Serious Condition After Attack

A 38yr security guard is in a serious condition after being assaulted by three suspects this morning while looking after a school in Pinetown. ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene, to find the security guard seated on a stair case in the school grounds. The patient had sustained a serious lacerations to his head and [...]

Security guard airlifted by helicopter after panga attack

A 31 year old security guard for a local Tavern at Diepsloot Ext 1 was allegedly attacked this morning with a Panga. It is unclear as to who the woman was who attacked him, but it is believed that they had had an argument prior to the assault. The patient was flown by Chopper 1 [...]

Petrol Attendant Stabbed at Petrol Station

A petrol attendant was stabbed at a petrol station on Voortrekker Road in Goodwood. The forty four-year-old patient was stabbed in the abdomen but was in a stable condition. He was transported to N1 City Hospital for further medical treatment. Police on the scene had a suspect in custody and are investigating the motive for [...]

Thornville farm attack leaves man seriously injured

A 61-year-old man is in a serious but stable condition in a Pietermaritzburg Hospital after he was attacked on his farm in Thornville late last night. It is alleged that the man had been asleep when two men broke into his home. He awoke to the two men moving around his room and thereafter a [...]

Homeless Man Assaulted in Fourways

According to the SAPS, a man suspected to be homeless, was allegedly assaulted this evening in the Fourways, Sandton vicinity. A call was received by the SAPS around nine o’ clock in the evening requesting an ambulance. Upon ER24 paramedics arrival, a male patient was found semi-conscious in a pump valve pit where he is [...]