Ukubhubha kwenjana elahlekileyo eyaphoswa kwindawo yokutyumza inkunkuma ngabasebenzi basehotele eCyprus kuqalise uqhanqalazo lwamalungelo ezilwanyana lwamazwe ngamazwe olubone amakhulu ematsha ezitalatweni ade arhuqeka kumongameli welizwe.
Abakhenkethi baseBhritane kunye nabangaphandle bajoyine uqhanqalazo olunomsindo ngaphandle kwehotele yase-Anastasia Beach kwindawo yokuchithela iholide yaseProtaras, becela uqhankqalazo lwamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye amawaka atyikitye uxwebhu lwezikhalazo kwimpelaveki efuna utshintsho kwimithetho yelizwe.
Injana eneenyanga ezisixhenxe ubudala, eyaziwa ngokuba nguBilly, yafunyanwa izulazula kwindawo yequla lehotele kwiiveki ezidlulileyo. Abasebenzi ababini basehotele bayalelwa ukuba bayisuse le nja bayiphosa kwisityuli sekhadibhodi yombane, apho kamva yafunyanwa yenzakele kakhulu kodwa isaphila ngabakhenkethi baseBritani.
UBilly wabalekiselwa kwiklinikhi yezilwanyana yasekhaya, apho abahlali, abakhenkethi kunye nabangaphandle baqala ukumndwendwela yonke imihla ngeendaba zalo naluphi na uphuculo.
Kwaqhambuka uqhanqalazo njengoko iindaba zazisasazeka. Kwaphehlelelwa isicelo “soMthetho kaBilly” esicela ukuba iSipro ithobe inkohlakalo yezilwanyana ize ibagwebe abaxhaphazi.
Nkqu noNicos Anastasiades, umongameli waseCyprus, kwanyanzeleka ukuba aphawule, echaza esi siganeko “njengehlazo kuluntu nelizwe lethu”, kwaye wathembisa ukuba uza kwazisa ngalo mba ezikolweni.
UBilly waphila ngaphezu kweveki emva kwesehlo, kodwa ekugqibeleni oogqirha abazange bakwazi ukumsindisa kwaye wanikezela kukwenzakala kwakhe.
Abasebenzi ababini basehotele, i-Cypriot kunye ne-Bulgarian, baye banqunyanyiswa yihotele kwaye babuzwa ngamapolisa.
IHotele iTsokkos, engumnini wale hotele, ikhuphe ingxelo isithi umanejala uyalele aba basebenzi babini ukuba base uBilly kwindawo yokukhusela izinja ezilahlekileyo, kwaye abazange bayinanze loo miyalelo baze bamjule kwisityuli endaweni yoko.
Kodwa abaqhankqalazi batyhola abaphathi behotele ngokuyalela ukuba aphoswe kwisityuli, kwaye bacela ukuba kugxothwe ikhonkco.