{"id":103044,"date":"2019-10-09T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T10:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=103044"},"modified":"2019-10-09T14:32:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T12:32:33","slug":"robbers-shoot-paramedics-help-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/09\/robbers-shoot-paramedics-help-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbers shoot while paramedics help on scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

The drama already started in the early hours of Monday between 02:00-03:00, when stones were thrown at vehicles on the N4 from the bridge at the Van Dyksdrift off-ramp.<\/p>\n

According to information\u00a0www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0received, havoc erupted this morning when a taxi drove over rocks that were packed on the N4 near the Van Dyksdrift off-ramp.<\/p>\n

Also read: Seven killed in multi-vehicle accident<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Due to damage underneath the vehicle, the taxi driver had to stop. At that moment, robbers, who most probably packed the rocks on the road, started shooting at the passengers in the taxi and robbed them of their belongings.<\/p>\n

One person had a wound on his foot and another a flesh wound on his knee.<\/p>\n

Also read: Body found floating in Klein Olifants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

An ambulance was sent to the scene.<\/div>\n
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While paramedics were busy with the patients, they heard gunshots only a few metres from them and saw a silver Corsa bakkie with suspects inside shooting at a truck.
\nParamedics called the police for assistance, but the truck driver kept on driving and there were no more injuries reported. The Corsa bakkie drove off in the dark.<\/div>\n
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\u2022 The two patients that had gunshot wounds were taken to the Middelburg Hospital.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While paramedics were helping on a scene this morning, where passengers in a taxi were shot on the N4, the robbers started shooting at a nearby truck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":66989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naud\u00e9","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[21260,10010,21266,12898,21262,21264,21261,21263,21265,10333],"class_list":["post-103044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-hell-breaks-loose-in-middelburg","tag-local-news","tag-medics-caught-in-the-crossfire-on-n4","tag-middelburg-news","tag-robbers-shoot-at-taxi","tag-robbers-shoot-on-n4","tag-robbers-shoot-while-medics-help-at-scene","tag-shootout-on-n4","tag-shots-fired-on-n4","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["hell breaks loose in middelburg","local news","Medics caught in the crossfire on N4","middelburg news","robbers shoot at taxi","robbers shoot on N4","robbers shoot while medics help at scene","shootout on N4","shots fired on N4","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}