Ama-commandos aseIndiya ebesilwa amadabi amagumbi ukuya kwigumbi phezolo ukuze kucinywe oomkhosi abaxhobileyo kwiindawo ezintathu zaseMumbai, kubandakanya neehotele ezimbini zodidi oluphezulu, ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-24 emva kohlaselo olonakalisileyo kwisixeko sonke esishiye abantu abangaphezu kwe-100 beswelekile.
Iihelikoptha zagcwala phezulu njengoko i-commandos, ubuso bumnyama, bangena kwenye yeehotele, i-Oberoi, apho abantu abangama-20 ukuya kwangama-30 bekucingelwa ukuba babanjwe kwaye abanye abangaphezu kwe-100 babevaleleke kumagumbi abo. Iqela le-Air France elinamandla ali-15 laliphakathi kwabo bangakwaziyo ukuphuma. Amadangatye avuthuza kumgangatho ongaphezulu njengoko i-commandos izama ukukhupha abadubuli abaseleyo.
Kwisixeko sonke, imeko “yayisengalawuleki”, ngokutsho kwegosa likarhulumente, kulandela uhlaselo olulungelelanisiweyo lwe-10 kwiindawo ezithandwa ngabakhenkethi kunye noosomashishini kwiziko lolonwabo kunye nezezimali zelizwe.
Amapolisa athi bamalunga ne-125 abantu ababhubhileyo xa abadubuli bebaleka kulo lonke elaseMumbai ngobusuku bangoLwesithathu.
Usomashishini waseBritane uAndreas Liveras waqinisekiswa phakathi kwabo babulawa kolu hlaselo. I-tycoon eneminyaka engama-73 ubudala yaseCypriot, eyayinobuzwe base-Bhritane, yadutyulwa emva kokuthetha ne-BBC malunga noloyiko lwakhe ngefowuni ephathwayo emva kokubanjwa ngelixa wayesitya kwenye yeehotele zodidi.
Bamalunga nama-325 abantu, kuquka amaBritane amathandathu, nabo benzakala kolona hlaselo lukhulu lwabanqolobi olwabonwa eMumbai ukusukela oko uqhushumbo ngo-1993 lwabulala amakhulu aliqela abantu kwinto eyayithathwa ngokuba yimpindezelo yokubhubha kwamaSilamsi kubundlobongela bamaHindu-Muslim.
Amapolisa alumkise ukuba inani lokufa linganyuka njengoko kuqhubeka ukumiswa kwiindawo ezintathu.
Ngobusuku bokugqibela, kwavela ukuba u-Ian Tyler, oneminyaka engama-47, umlawuli oyintloko we-Scottish building giant Balfour Beatty, wayephakathi kwabo babanjwe kuloyiko. Wayehlala kwiHotele iOberoi xa kwagaleleka amadoda anemipu kweso sakhiwo kodwa akwazi ukusaba.
Kwangoko, iziqhushumbisi zahlasela ihotele yaseTaj Mahal Palace ekufutshane, idolophu eneminyaka eli-105 ubudala kwindawo engasemanzini, njengoko imikhosi yakhupha umkhosi wokugqibela apho. Kwaphuma umlilo kunye nomsi ngefestile. Omnye umgrogrisi kuthiwa usavaleleke ehotele phezolo.
UDipak Dutta, owayephakathi kwabo bahlangulwayo, wathi: “Abafundi abaninzi abaqeqeshelwa ukupheka babulawa ekhitshini.”
Urabhi wase-Israel kunye nosapho lwakhe bakholelwa ukuba babanjwe kwiziko lamaJuda. Omnye wamajoni kwiziko wafowunela i-India TV ukuba athethe norhulumente malunga nokukhululwa kwabathinjwa kwaye akhalaze ngokuxhatshazwa eKashmir, apho i-India nePakistan ziye zalwa ezimbini kwiimfazwe zabo ezintathu. “Cela urhulumente athethe nathi kwaye siza kubakhulula abathinjwa,” le ndoda, echongwe sisikhululo njengo-Imran, yatsho, ithetha ngesi-Urdu kwinto evakala ngathi sisivakalisi saseKashmiri.
Ngaba uyazi ukuba bangaphi abantu ababuleweyo eKashmir? Ngaba uyazi ukuba umkhosi wakho wawabulala njani amaSilamsi. Ngaba uyazi ukuba bangaphi kubo ababuleweyo eKashmir kule veki? "
Malunga neshumi elinambini lamajoni akwiminyaka yawo yama-20 ubudala, bexhobe ngemipu kunye neziqhushumbisi ezizenzekelayo kwaye bephethe oobhaka bemipu, baye baphuma kulo lonke elaseMumbai ngoLwesithathu. Amapolisa athi abanye beze elunxwemeni ngephenyane lerabha.
Balawula isithuthi kwaye batshiza abadlula ngendlela ngeembumbulu, bedubula kwisikhululo sikaloliwe, izibhedlele kunye nekhefi edumileyo yabakhenkethi. Baphinde bahlasela iihotele ezimbini zodidi oluphezulu ezizele ngabakhenkethi kunye nabaphathi bamashishini.
Umlingisi waseOstreliya uBrooke Satchwell, owayedlala kumabonakude weopera yeSepha kamabonwakude, uxelele indlela awasinda ngayo ngokuzifihla kwikhabhathi yokuhlambela ehotele.
“Bekukho abantu abadutyulwayo epasejini. Kwakukho umntu ofileyo ngaphandle kwegumbi lokuhlambela. Into elandelayo endaziyo ukuba ndandibaleka ndisihla kwizinyuko kwaye kwakukho izidumbu ezimbalwa ezinqumla kwizinyuko. Yayisisiphithiphithi.”
Inkulumbuso yaseIndiya uManmohan Singh utyhola abavukeli abazinze kumazwe angabamelwane ngolu hlaselo. Akazange achaze naliphi na ilizwe, kodwa intetho yakhe yabonakala ngathi luhlaselo olufihliweyo ePakistan, ephakamisa uloyiko lokuphinda kubekho ukungavisisani phakathi kweembangi ezixhobe ngenyukliya.
Kwintetho kamabonakude iNkulumbuso yathi: “Kucacile ukuba iqela elenze olu hlaselo, elizinze ngaphandle kwelizwe, beze ngokuzimisela okukodwa ukudala uqhushululu kwikomkhulu lezorhwebo lelizwe.
"Siza kuthatha awona manyathelo anamandla ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho ziphindaphindo zezenzo zobunqolobi."
Kuxelwe phezolo ukuba i-Interpol yayithumela iqela eMumbai ngesicelo samapolisa aseIndiya ukuba ancede kuphando.
