Abakhenkethi abangamashumi alithoba ananye baseTaiwan ngoku kwintshona yephondo lase China iXinjiang bebekhuselekile emva koqhankqalazo oluqhambuke kwikomkhulu laseUrumqi ngeCawe ebusuku kwaye kuxelwe ukuba kushiye abantu abayi-140 bebhubhile kwaye abanye abangama-828 benzakala.
"Abakhenkethi abangama-91 bangamaqela amane ahlukeneyo, kubandakanya nelinye elise-Urumqi ngoku," utshilo igosa le-Tourism Bureau ngoMvulo.
Eli gosa likwathe elinye iqela labakhenkethi balapha lahamba laya kule ndawo nge-4 kaJulayi, kodwa ayikafiki kwiphondo laseXinjiang.
Eli gosa lathi amaqela abakhenkethi asele emkile aza kulandela uhambo lwawo lwangaphambili ngelixa abo bangekamki baya kuthatha isigqibo malunga nokuba bahambe njengoko bekucwangcisiwe okanye babuyisele imali kubakhenkethi ngokusekwe kwizilumkiso zikarhulumente ezibomvu, eziorenji kunye nezityheli.
U-Lin Chien-yi, umongameli we-Joan Tour eseTaipei, uthe iqela elinamalungu angama-31 lifike e-Urumqi ngoMvulo kwaye alizange lidibane nalo naluphi na uqhushululu.
Ukuhamba kwayo bekuthintelwe, nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yokuvalwa kwamapolisa esixekweni, okubangele utshintsho kuhambo lwabo.
Iqela licwangciselwe ukuhlala e-Urumqi ubusuku obunye emva koko libuyele eTaiwan nge-Xian kaJulayi 8.
I-Joan Tour inamaqela amathathu angakumbi aza kunduluka ukuya e-Xinjiang ukuqala nge-11 kaJulayi, kunye neqela le-20 kaJulayi liqela elikhulu elinamalungu ali-120.
“Siza kujonga imeko ukubona ukuba siza kuhamba njengoko bekucwangcisiwe,” utshilo uLin.
