Saipan ngokudubula rampage umrhanelwa ochongiweyo

I-SAIPAN, kwiZiqithi zaseMantla eMariana - Umpu owabulala abantu abane kwaye wonakalisa abasithoba kuqhushululu lokudubula kwisiqithi sasePasifiki eSaipan ichongiwe ngeCawa njengommi waseTshayina ekukholelwa ukuba uqeshwe kwindawo yokudubula apho kubhubhe khona.

U-Li Zhongren, oneminyaka engama-42, ozibulele emva kwesityholo sokudubula sangoLwesihlanu, ushiye amanqaku amaninzi kwaye abasemagunyeni bakrokrela ukuba ubundlobongela bunxulumene nemali yakhe kunye nokukhathazeka.

Isiteyitimenti samapolisa yaba sisiqinisekiso sokuqala esisemthethweni sokuba ungubani kwaye sikhanyisele malunga nokuba yintoni ebangele ubundlobongela obubi kwesi siqithi siqhele ukuzola kwinkumbulo yamva nje.

Amapolisa athi okwesihlandlo sokuqala wonakalisa abakhenkethi abasibhozo baseMzantsi Korea, kwaye anyuke ukusuka kumapolisa amahlanu axelwe ngaphambili.

Lilonke, abantu abalithoba benzakele kwindawo edumileyo yabakhenkethi kwinto amapolisa ayichaza ngaphambili njengokudubula.

USantiago F. Tudela, umkomishinala weSebe loKhuseleko loLuntu, uthumele amazwi ovelwano kumaxhoba neentsapho zawo.

“Imithandazo yethu ikuni nonke,” watsho.

Isithethi soKhuseleko loLuntu uJason Tarkong uthe isizathu sisaphandwa ngabasemagunyeni basekhaya, i-FBI kunye ne-Bureau of Alcohol, icuba kunye neMipu, kodwa "inokuthi inxibelelene nemiba yemali kunye nokudandatheka komrhanelwa."

Abacuphi bafumene amanqaku amaninzi ashiywe nguLi, owayehlala kwindawo yokudubula eKannat Tabla eyayivaliwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

"Amanqaku ashiywe ekuhleni ukuze amapolisa awafumane kwaye isiganeko sibonakala sicwangcisiwe," utshilo kwingxelo.

Ubundlobongela buqhambuke ngentseni yangoLwesihlanu kwindawo yokudubula apho uLi wayekholelwa ukuba usebenza njengomgcini. Abantu abadala ababini, inkwenkwana eneminyaka emi-4 ubudala kunye nentombazana eneminyaka emi-2 ubudala badutyulwa bafa, kunye nentombazana eneminyaka emi-4 ubudala yenzakele kakhulu. Bonke babengabahlali base-US commonwealth.

Amapolisa athi uLi emva koko waqhuba ivate yakhe emhlophe waya kwindawo yabakhenkethi apho wadubula khona abantu baseMzantsi Korea. Bangaphezu kwama-50 abakhenkethi ababebukele kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiLast Command Post eMarpi, indawo yeMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiBini enentsalela yeetanki zaseMelika. Isikhumbuzo kule ndawo sinikezelwa kubantu baseKorea abasilwa emfazweni.

Amapolisa akholelwa ukuba ukudubula bekungalindelekanga kwaye abantu baseKorea bebengajoliswanga ngokuthe ngqo.

Umrhanelwa ekugqibeleni wabonwa eqhuba i-Banzai Cliff, indawo apho abantu abaninzi baseJapan batsibela ekufeni kwabo ukuze baphephe ukubanjwa ngo-1944 emva kwedabi laseSaipan. Umzimba wakhe wafunyanwa ecaleni kwengxondorha nompu wohlobo lwe-.22-caliber ebotshelelwe emagxeni.

Imipu emithathu kunye nemijikelo yeembumbulu ezingaphezu kwama-750 zafunyanwa kwiveni kaLi, awayitshisa ukuze atshabalalise isazisi sakhe kunye namaxwebhu ngaphambi kokuba azidubule kumda weBanzai Cliff.

Le veni ibhaliswe kumnini wangaphambili wendawo yokudubula owabhubha malunga nonyaka odlulileyo.

Uhlaselo lokuphalaza igazi lushiye isiqithi sishukuma kwaye sinexhala malunga nokuba singaluchaphazela njani ukhenketho, indlela yaso yoqoqosho.

Ngeli xesha, iicawe kunye namaqela oluntu abambe umlindo wokukhanyisa ikhandlela kwangoMgqibelo eSaipan's American Memorial Park, ukulungiselela amaxhoba odubulo.

Oyena mntu wonzakele kakhulu eMzantsi Korea, indoda eneminyaka engama-39 ubudala, yafumana inxeba lokudutyulwa emqolo kwaye yaqhutywa yinqwelomoya yoMkhosi woMoya wase-US isiya eSeoul ukuya kunyango.

Amagosa aseSaipan abenobunzima bokunxibelelana nesalamane sikaLi kwezi ntsuku zimbini zidlulileyo kwaye acele uncedo kummeli waseTshayina eLos Angeles.

ISaipan sesona siqithi siphambili se-US Commonwealth kwiZiqithi zaseMantla eMariana, enabemi abamalunga nama-60,000 kwaye imalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-3,800 kumzantsi-ntshona weHawaii. ISaipan yindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi phakathi kwabantu baseMzantsi Korea, enabantu abangaphezu kwe-111,000 baseMzantsi Korea abatyelele esi siqithi ngo-2008, ngokutsho kweGunya loKhenketho leMariana.