Isiqithi iJolo kwiiPhilippines sithetha ngomxube wamaSilamsi kunye namaKristu azama ukuhlala kunye. Lo mmandla wawunezicwangciso ezinkulu zokuba yindawo yokhenketho yohlobo lweBoracay kwiiPhilippines kwiminyaka emi-6 eyadlulayo, kodwa ayizange ikhule kakhulu kumzi mveliso weendwendwe. Abakhenkethi banokufumana iimosque ezimibalabala edolophini. I-Tausug okanye abantu balapha banobubele kwaye banomoya wokubuk 'iindwendwe.
Namhlanje abanqolobi bavuthele indlu yeli dolophu ngexesha lamaKatolika abulala ama-27, enzakalisa abangama-77. Kwakukho iibhombu ezimbini. Ibhombu yokuqala yangena ngaphakathi okanye kufutshane necawa yaseJolo kwikomkhulu lephondo, yalandelwa kukuqhushumba kwesibini ngaphandle kwenkomfa njengoko umkhosi karhulumente wawusabela kolo hlaselo, batsho abezokhuseleko. Ukuqhushumba kwaphephetha umnyango wecawa enkulu kwaye kwagqobhoza iholo ephambili, kwaqhekeka iziqwenga kunye nokuwisa ezinye iingcango.
I-Jolo Island sesona siqithi sikhulu kwi-Sulu archipelago, kuMzantsi-ntshona wePhilippines. Ekubeni inonxweme oluhle lwesanti emhlophe, kungekudala inokuba yindawo yokuphumla yesiqithi efana neBoracay kumbindi wePhilippines okanye iPhuket eThailand njengenxalenye yesicwangciso esitsha sokhenketho esiya kutsalela abantu bakwiiPhilippines nabangaphandle.
Namhlanje iifoto zibonisa ubumdaka kunye nemizimba ilele kwisitrato esixakekileyo ngaphandle kweCathedral yeNkosazana yethu yeNtaba yeKarmele, ethe yabethwa ziibhombu ngaphambili. Amajoni aphethe izithuthi axhobile kwindlela enkulu ekhokelela ecaweni ngelixa izithuthi zithutha abafileyo kwaye bonzakele esibhedlele. Abanye ababuleweyo bakhutshwa ngenqwelomoya basiwa kwisixeko esikufutshane saseZamboanga.
Ngaphandle kweelwandle esimhlophe esimhlophe, iJolo Island ikwacebile kubutyebi bendalo kunye nendawo ephila emanzini. Idume ngoononkala baselwandle ababizwa ngokuba “I-curacha”Kunye neziqhamo ezingaqhelekanga, ezinje ngeedurian kunye nemangosteen berries. Inemveliso enkulu yeentambo ze-abaca ezikumgangatho ophezulu okanye "i-arabica", iimbotyi zekofu zerobusta, ikopra kunye necarrageenan.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The first bomb went off in or near the Jolo cathedral in the provincial capital, followed by a second blast outside the compound as government forces were responding to the attack, security officials said.
- Possessing magnificent white sand beaches, it may soon become an island resort similar to Boracay in central Philippines or even to Phuket in Thailand as part of a new tourism plan that will lure Filipino and foreign visitors.
- The blasts blew away the entrance to the cathedral and ripped through the main hall, shredding to pieces the pews and toppling other doors.
