Well-known Pretoria paramedic services have opened a case with the police, following a petrol bombing that took place at their premises in Mountain View on Friday evening.

In videos circulating on the internet, two people can be seen walking on a sidewalk on Robinson Street towards Best Care and Ambu-Link Emergency Medical Services. Shortly afterwards, the pair stops outside the premises and throws what looks like a petrol bomb towards the vehicle.

The pair then runs some distance before throwing another one.

Best Care paramedics spokesperson Xander Loubser said the one petrol bomb failed, while the other one was quickly extinguished.

Loubser said earlier in the month he had received information from the president of a bikers’ club who claimed that he was asked to sabotage Best Care and Ambu-Link EMS for a period of 12 months.

“He said that he was offered an envelope of money to damage our emergency vehicles, but that he did not want to do this,” Loubser said.

He was allegedly asked to do this by another emergency service.

The person reportedly asked Loubser to send him pictures at specific intervals that would make it look as if their vehicles were being damaged.

These pictures would be presented as proof to the people who asked him to damage the cars.

Loubser said he refused to do this.

“I gave the man an opportunity to go with me to the police, but he refused,” Loubser said.

“I went to the SAPS and made an official statement. The conversation with the man was recorded and all evidence has been handed over to the SAPS.”

Loubser said there was a reward for anyone with information that can lead to a successful arrest.
He urged members of the public to report anything suspicious in the vicinity of their vehicles to contact him on 082-308-8259.
Police were yet to comment at the time of publishing.

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