UPDATE: Police hunt for robbers for attack on doctor
“Staff inside the facility heard the commotion and called for help.”
Police are on the hunt for armed robbers who attacked a doctor and security guard in Pretoria North yesterday evening.
Manager at Medicross, PC Bardenhorst said: “A group of assailants forced the security guard on duty into the guardhouse around 19:00, at gunpoint and locked him up after taking his cellphone.”
“They then accosted a visiting specialist in the parking lot and a scuffle ensued, during which the specialist sustained a minor laceration. Staff inside the facility heard the commotion and called for help.”
The police and security guards swiftly responded but the robbers managed to escape.
“They fled with the security guard’s possessions and the specialist’s briefcase and car key,” said Badenhorst.
“The specialist was treated at the facility and has already returned to work.
Staff and contractors affected have been offered trauma counselling.”
Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela previously told Rekord that the robbers, in a cream white Toyota Cressida, had allegedly followed the doctor – who has asked not to be identified – from a bank where he had made a cash withdrawal.
“We would like to commend the police and the security company for their prompt response to the incident.
We understand that the police investigation is continuing,” Bardenhorst concluded.
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