Dylan Bettencourt
Sekuphele amasonto, izikhulu ezahlukene zinikeza izinombolo ezahlukene zabantu ababulawe e-Phoenix, KwaZulu-Natali ngesikhathi sodlame lobuhlanga phakathi kwabaMnyama namaNdiya ngoNtulikazi.
NgoLwesibili uNgqongqoshe wamaPhoyisa uBheki Cele unikeze inombolo entsha. Ukuqinisekisile ukuthi isibalo sabashonile kulezi zingxabano sesinyukele kwabangama-36 sebebonke nabanye abantu abangama-22 ababoshiwe.
UCele uthe esithangamini nabezindaba bangama-30 kwabashonile abadutshuliwe kanti abanye bagwaziwe, bashiswa baze bashona noma babulawa yizinkinga.
UNgqongqoshe uthe ukuqapha okwenziwe ngamalungu omphakathi wase-Phoenix ukuphendula ukuphangwa kwaholela ezindabeni phakathi kwamaqembu ezinhlanga ezithile endaweni yawo.
“Abanye abantu abasebenza ezindaweni zokuhlola baphendukela ekuqapheni futhi baqala ukuqagela abantu ngokobuhlanga, bebavimba ukuba bangene edolobheni.”
Esinye isigameko ngokukhethekile sagqanyiswa ngombiko wamaphoyisa oshoyo ukuthi iveni engenazo izinombolo eyayinezikhali yadubula bukhoma kumalungu omphakathi uCele akholelwa ukuthi kwaba ukuqala kodlame olusabekayo.
Uphenyo emacaleni ahlukene angama-52 okuzama ukubulala seluqalile ngamacala ayisishiyagalolunye okubamba inkunzi namacala ayi-16 okushaya ngendlela ejwayelekile nawo abhekwa yi-South African Police Service (i-SAPS).
“Sekubekwe ithimba labaseshi abanesipiliyoni abangama-31 abavela esifundazweni nakuzwelonke ukuphenya, ukubopha nokuhambela amacala asenkantolo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ubulungiswa buyenzeka,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
“Ukusebenzisana nemiphakathi, uphenyo lwabo seluholele ekuboshweni kwabasolwa abangama-22 kuze kube manje.”
UCele uthe kuthathwe izibhamu ezingekho emthethweni eziyi-112 ngesikhathi kunamaphoyisa kule ndawo kanti lezi zikhali zithunyelwe ukuba ziyohlolwa.
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