Umlo waqhambuka ngoSuku loNyaka oMtsha ngaphandle kwe-Mata Vaishno Devi Hindu shrine kwidolophu encinci yaseKatra kwindawo elawulwa yiIndiya. IKashmir, nto leyo eyabangela uqhushululu olwasuba ubomi babahambi ngezonqulo ubuncinane abali-12.
Bephawula usuku lokuqala lonyaka, abanquli babethontelana ukuya kwitempile, eyayinikelwe kuMamakazi wamaHindu onguthixokazi uDevi, bebaninzi njengoko iwotshi yayibetha ezinzulwini zobusuku.
Uhambo olunoxolo luye lwaba sisidubedube emva kokuba amaqela amabini abahambi ngezonqulo abalinde ithuba labo kwindawo engcwele baqale ukudibana, amapolisa asekuhlaleni kunye nemithombo yeendaba yaxela.
"Esi sehlo senzeke ngentsimbi ye-2:45 kusasa, kwaye ngokwengxelo yokuqala, kwabakho ingxabano eyakhokelela ekubeni abantu batyhalane, kwalandelwa sisingqisho," utshilo umphathi wamapolisa uDilbagh Singh.
Umzamo omkhulu wokuhlangula wasungulwa emva kweziganeko.
Malunga neshumi elinesibini labanquli bonzakele kwi-melee kwaye basiwa kwizibhedlele ezahlukeneyo kulo mmandla, amajelo asekuhlaleni axela.
Uhambo ngezonqulo lwanqunyanyiswa okwethutyana kodwa lwaphinda lwaqalwa kamsinya emva koko.
Indian Inkulumbuso uNarendra Modi bavakalise amazwi ovelwano kwiintsapho zamaxhoba, beyalela ukuba “kunikwe lonke uncedo lwezonyango noncedo kwabo benzakeleyo”.
“Ndilusizi kakhulu kukufa kwabantu ngenxa yesiphithiphithi eMata Vaishno Devi Bhawan. Uvelwano kwiintsapho ezilahlekelweyo. Ngamana abonzakeleyo bangaphila kwakamsinya,” utshilo uModi kuTwitter.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A fight broke out on New Year Day outside Mata Vaishno Devi Hindu shrine in a small town of Katra in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, triggering a deadly stampede, that claimed the lives of at least 12 pilgrims.
- Bephawula usuku lokuqala lonyaka, abanquli babethontelana ukuya kwitempile, eyayinikelwe kuMamakazi wamaHindu onguthixokazi uDevi, bebaninzi njengoko iwotshi yayibetha ezinzulwini zobusuku.
- Inkulumbuso yase-India uNarendra Modi uvakalise amazwi ovelwano kwiintsapho zamaxhoba, eyalela ukuba "lunikwe lonke uncedo lwezonyango kunye noncedo kwabo benzakeleyo".
