Ukuhlaselwa kweqela labakhenkethi kumbindi weChristchurch ngempelaveki kungangcolisa igama lesixeko kubakhenkethi, utshilo usekela sodolophu wesixeko.
UNorm Withers uthe "wayebuhlungu kakhulu kwaye ebuhlungu" ukuva malunga nokuhlaselwa ngamadoda amahlanu kwiqela labakhenkethi baseNgesi nabaseDanish eCashel Mall ngentsimbi yokuqala ngoMgqibelo.
Kuyabonakala ukuba olu hlaselo lwaphenjelelwa yinto enye ngaphandle nje kwentetho yabo.
Abathandathu kwabasibhozo babakhenkethi basiwe kwisibhedlele iChristchurch, kuquka ababini abanamanxeba ezimela.
Omnye umkhenkethi ushiyeke esibhedlele ekwimeko ezinzileyo phezolo kwaye bekulindeleke ukuba akhululwe namhlanje.
Kuhlaselo lwesibini lobundlobongela ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, ulutsha lwaseChristchurch oluneminyaka eli-14 ubudala ludumbe ebuchotsheni emva kokuba amapolisa athi “luhlaselo olunobugwala nolunya” eLinwood Park.
Kubanjwe abantu abane malunga nolo hlaselo izolo kwaye bebezakuvela enkundleni namhlanje. Lo mntwana uneminyaka eli-14 phezolo udweliswe njengezinzile kodwa ephucuka.
UWithers uthe isixeko siza kuphulukana nokuba umbono usasazeke phesheya kolwandle wokuba akukhuselekanga, ngakumbi ebusuku.
“Into elandelayo siya kufumana iiarhente zabakhenkethi zicebisa ukuba zidlule eChristchurch kwaye yeyona nto imbi kakhulu enokwenzeka,” utshilo uWithers.
“Abantu bafanele ukuziva bekhuselekile kwisixeko sethu kwaye, njengesiqhelo, liqaqobana elisonakalisayo kuthi sonke kwaye ndidikiwe yiyo.”
Omnye wabakhenkethi abangamaNgesi benzakele kuhlaselo lwaseCashel Mall, uDaniel Sheehan, uthe yena neqela labahlobo bakhe bebenobusuku obudlulileyo kunye eNew Zealand ngaphambi kokuba bahambe ngeendlela zabo.
Uthe omnye wabahlobo bakhe wafikelwa ngabafana abahlanu ngethuba bedlula eCashel Mall besiya eOxford Terrace.
USheehan uthe umhlobo wakhe wawa phantsi waza waya kunceda kodwa wahlaselwa naye.
Kamva wathi la madoda abahlasele emva kokuba esithi, “Bathetha ngendlela ehlekisayo, bathetha ngokuhlekisayo, bavakala behlekisa”.
Umhlobo wakhe, owayesele esibhedlele, wayecwangcise ukuya e-Bali izolo.
Ngoku kungafuneka ahlale eChristchurch ezinye iiveki ezimbini, utshilo.
USheehan wonzakele endlebeni, esidleleni nakwiminwe.
Abazali bakhe bakhwele inqwelomoya besuka eNgilani beza kuba naye izolo kuba unyana wabo ebethotyiwe ngenxa yohlaselo.
Umcuphi uJohn Gallagher uthe abakhenkethi bangamaxhoba ohlaselo “olungenasizathu nolubugwala”.
Abaphuli-mthetho kukholelwa ukuba bakwiminyaka yabo yokugqibela yeshumi elivisayo nasekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi amabini.
UWithers uthe amapolisa aseChristchurch enze “umsebenzi ophambili” kodwa kufuneka kubekho amapolisa amaninzi ezitratweni ebusuku.
Kuhlaselo lwakamva lo mfana oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala kunye nabahlobo bakhe ababini babehamba eLinwood Park ngentsimbi yesine ekuseni xa wahlaselwa ngamadoda amabini kunye nabasetyhini ababini abaphakathi kweminyaka eli-4 ne-17.
UWers wathandabuza indima yabazali kuloo meko.
“Ebevela phi kwaye ebesiya phi ngela yure kusasa? Abazali banendima abayidlalayo apha.”
Nabani na onolwazi malunga nohlaselo makatsalele umcuphi uSajini uJohn Gallagher ku-363 7400.
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