Ambulance attack by fans condemned

Ambulance attack by fans condemned

Original post   (by Irish Republican Watch, added Wednesday, 12 June 2002 15:51:06 UTC+1)

Ambulance attack by fans condemned

An attack on an ambulance by Republic of Ireland football supporters

in County Tyrone has been condemned by the Ambulance Service.
The incident took place after the Irish team beat Saudi Arabia on
Tuesday to progress to the last 16 of the World Cup.

Teenagers climbed onto the bonnet of the vehicle and dented it.

Station officer Sammy Nicholl was in a line of traffic in the town
centre when they started climbing on the vehicle.  

  "They were on the roof, on the sides of the vehicle and on the
windows.

"I had ground to a halt and couldn't move at all and was pretty
terrified," said Mr Nicholl.

Adrian McAuley of the Ambulance Service said it was an ordeal that
should not have happened.

"This has been a terrifying attack for a member of our staff and for
him to go into a town centre and be accosted by so many youths who
were intent on doing damage to the vehicle and possible to the vehicle
itself."

The Ambulance Service said it wanted to be left to get on with its
work without the fear of such attacks.