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26/08/2003
Ambulance worker suffers eye injury in attack
A female ambulance worker has suffered an eye injury after being hit with a stone in Co Tyrone last night.
The woman was attacked as she checked an ambulance at Castlederg station at around 11.30pm on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Ambulance Service said the attack was "totally unacceptable" and called for those behind such incidents to stop.
Earlier in the year, the Ambulance Service called for stiff penalties up to and including custodial sentences for those who carried out such unprovoked attacks.
(MB)
The woman was attacked as she checked an ambulance at Castlederg station at around 11.30pm on Monday.
A spokesperson for the Ambulance Service said the attack was "totally unacceptable" and called for those behind such incidents to stop.
Earlier in the year, the Ambulance Service called for stiff penalties up to and including custodial sentences for those who carried out such unprovoked attacks.
(MB)
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