FIVE armed suspects robbed patients and nursing staff at gunpoint at a Medican Centre in Umbilo on Thursday morning.
“According to an on-duty security guard, the suspects alighted from a white Polo Vivo and Gold Toyota Yaris at around 5.20am and stormed the centre,” said KZN police spokesperson, Colonel Thembeka Mbele.
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Mbele said the gang stole jewellery, eight cellphones and a laptop before fleeing the scene.
Mbele did not comment on reports that one of the robbers bit a nurse as he tried to steal her wedding ring.
A case of robbery was opened at Umbilo police station for investigation.
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