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Paramedic shot and killed during robbery

13 March 2017 - 11:18 By Kyle Cowan
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Crime scene police tape.
Crime scene police tape.
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A Tshwane paramedic has died after he was shot in the abdomen during an armed robbery on Saturday.

According to a statement released by Gauteng Emergency Medical Services‚ the paramedic and three colleagues were on duty in the Odi EMS base area when they were attacked and robbed at gunpoint.

The statement said the three survivors would receive trauma counselling.

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