IVICTORIA, Seychelles (eTN) - UMongameli uJames Michel uwancomile amadoda asixhenxe aseSeychellois awayebanjwe ngabaphangi baseSomalia ngenkalipho nobugorha babo kwiintsuku ezingama-80 ababebanjelwe zona.
UMongameli uMichel kunye neentsapho zamadoda, kunye namalungu eQela leeNgxoxo labathunjiweyo, badibene namadoda asixhenxe eSeychelles International Airport izolo ekuseni, emva kokufika kwenqwelomoya ebisuka eKenya.
“Siyakwamkela ekhaya ngovuyo nombulelo ongazenzisiyo. Siyakwamkela ngeenyembezi zolonwabo kwaye siyavuya ukukubona ukhuselekile kumhlaba waseSeychelles! Ube nesibindi kwaye womelele ngelixa ulindele ukukhululwa kwakho. Senze konke ukuqinisekisa ukuba niza kubuya nikhuselekile ekhaya, kwaye ngoku sonke, njengesizwe esimanyeneyo, sibhiyozela ukubuya kwenu okumnandi,” uMongameli Michel uxelele uKapteni uFrancis Roucou kunye neqela lakhe.
UFrancis Roucou, uGeorge Bijoux, uPatrick Dyer, uRobin Songoire, uGeorges Guichard, uRobert Naiken, uStephen Stravens babonakala bekhululekile kwaye bonwabile ngokuba sezandleni zabo babathandayo.
Inqanawa i-Indian Ocean Explorer yathathwa ngabaphangi baseSomalia phakathi komhla wama-28 ukuya kowama-31 kulo nyaka ngelixa yayihamba isuka kwisiqithi i-Assumption. Ama-Seychellois asixhenxe akhweliswa basiwa kwilizwekazi laseSomalia, apho abathimbi babo baqala uthethathethwano nabasemagunyeni baseSeychellois ukuba bakhululwe.
Ngokworhulumente, Iqela lakhe leNtetho le-Hostages, elikhokelwa ngu-Mphathiswa Wezendalo, Indalo kunye nezoThutho uJoel Morgan, bafikelele kwisivumelwano kule veki. I-Seychellois ezisixhenxe zaye zathathwa ngabaphangi baseSomalia basiwa eKenya, apho bakhweliswa kwinqwelomoya yaseburhulumenteni yaseSeychelles, ukubuyela kwabo kwisiqithi saseMahé.
Urhulumente uqinisekisile ukuba akahlawulanga naluphi na uhlobo lwentlawulelo kubaphangi.
