Arthur Greene
Kulokho okuchazwe kwezinye izindawo njengokudunwa kwebhanoyi, uMengameli wase-Belarus, u-Alexander Lukashenko, uqobo lwakhe uyalele indiza yabagibeli i-Ryanair ukuba ime e-Minsk, e-Belarus.
Ngesikhathi indiza ima, intatheli uRoman Protasevich uboshwe kanye nentombi yakhe, uSofia Sapega.
“Isigwebo sentambo singilindile lapha,” kusho uProtasevich, ogxeka kakhulu uhulumeni wase-Belarus, ngesikhathi ephelezelwa ehla endizeni.
Ngokubika kwephephandaba i-The Sun, enye omunye umbono uthi ubephatheke kabi futhi eqhaqhazela ngokungalawuleki ngenkathi esuswa endizeni.
Le ndiza kuthiwa ibiseduze kakhulu nofika e-Lithuania ivela e-Grisi ngesikhathi umshayeli wayo ethola umbiko ovela e-Belarus olawula ukuhamba kwezindiza wokuthi kunebhomu ebhanoyini.
Esenzweni esichazwe ngokuthi “ukudunwa kwendiza,” kwathunyelwa ibhanoyi elihlomile ukuyogada indiza e-Minsk.
Ngemuva kokufika kwebhanoyi, izinja ezihogela ibhomu kepha azitholanga bufakazi beziqhumane. Ababukeli bamazwe omhlaba basole iziphathimandla zase-Belarus ngokwakha usongo lwamanga lwebhomu ukuze kuboshwe uProtasevich.
Uhulumeni wase-Lithuania uthe esitatimendeni: “Kuyindlela engakaze ibonwe yokuhlasela umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba: Indiza yabantu kanye nabagibeli bayo badunwe ngamasosha.”
UMichael O’Leary, onguMphathi we-Ryanair uthe enkulumweni nabezindaba ukholelwa ukuthi abezokuphepha base-Belarus bebekhona nabo kule ndiza.
Ngokwesitatimende esikhishwe yihhovisi lezindaba likaLukashenko, uMengameli unikeze “umyalo ongenakuphikiswa” wokuthi “enze indiza ukuthi ijike futhi ime” e-Minsk.
Ngemuva kokuchitha amahora angaphezu kwayisikhombisa e-Minsk indiza yasuka yaze yayoma nabo bonke abanye abagibeli ababegibele e-Vilnius, inhlokodolobha yase-Lithuania.
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