A group of armed individuals got out and then beat a doctor and an MSF nursing assistant. It happened in the early hours of this Sunday in the distribution of Las Cañas de Ilopango.
A team consisting of a doctor and a nursing assistant, part of the Médecins Sans Frontières organization, was deprived of liberty and beaten on their way to medical care in the Las Cañas neighborhood of the Ilopango Municipality.
The attackers, suspected gang members, took down the two members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), threatened them with firearms and physically assaulted them, causing minor and moderate injuries, for which both health specialists had to undergo treatment at a security hospital. They were transferred by another ambulance that was nearby, nearby.
They rule out some reporting of the attacked gunshot wounds, but confirm that the ambulance in which they were transported was moved by the alleged gang members, leaving the two beaten paramedics stranded after they managed to escape their attackers. hours later the ambulance was at the entrance of the Las Cañas neighborhood
The MSF team emphasizes that they have been working in the area where the attack took place since 2018 and that they do not report any previous incidents involving threats or violence against themselves or their patients.
As a result of the attack, MSF has decided to temporarily suspend its work in the ambulance service to ensure the safety of its team members; However, they make it clear that the measure is temporary and responds to the need to investigate everything that has happened and to take appropriate action.
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