Animal rescue staff robbed & attacked in Philippi

THE Animal Rescue Organisation (ARO) staff members are in shock after they survived an attack and robbery while doing their routine community veterinary outreach work near the Siyahlala Clinic, close to Browns Farm in Philippi last week.

- BY WESLEY FORD

ARO spokesperson Lindsey Concer said two of their employees, who were part of ARO’s mobile clinic stationed near the Siyahlala Clinic, were attacked last Tuesday, 2 December, when nine men surrounded them at around 11am.

According to Concer, the men trapped their employees who could not leave their mobile clinic.

She explained: “The attackers began to physically assault them by twisting arms, repeatedly hitting staff, and attempting to force them into the mobile clinic vehicle with the apparent intention of moving them to a tweede location.”

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