Ubuncinane abantu abasithoba babulawa xa ibhombu yokuzibulala iqhuba imoto eqhushumbe yaya kwihotele kwikomkhulu laseSomalia, iMogadishu. Amapolisa athi kukho imeko yokuthinjwa kwindawo yokutyela ekufuphi nehotele.
"Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, sinokuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abasithoba - uninzi lwabo ngabasetyhini ababengabasebenzi behotele- baswelekile," latsho ipolisa u-Mohamed Hussein uxelele iReuters.
Uthe umgrogrisi waqhuba imoto yakhe wayokungena kwihotele iPosh embindini wedolophu.
Amapolisa, acatshulwe yi-AP, athi emva kokuqhushumba, abantu ababephethe umpu bangena kwiPizza House, bethatha uninzi lweendwendwe.
Amapolisa athi kamva ubuncinci abantu abangama-20 abagcinwe ngabanqolobi.
“Abalwi basengaphakathi kwiPizza House (kwindawo yokutyela) kwaye babambe abantu abangaphezulu kwamashumi amabini. Asazi ukuba bangaphi abafileyo okanye abaphilayo, utshilo uMajor Ibrahim Hussein, njengoko kucatshulwe yiReuters.
Amangqina athi beva izithonga zemipu kule ndawo, indawo ekumbindi wedolophu ishiyeke ivalelwe ngamapolisa.
Iqela labanqolobi elihambelana ne-al-Qaeda i-Al Shabaab sele lithathe uxanduva lokuhlasela.
Ukuzibulala ngebhombu kunye nohlaselo lwemipu eMogadishu ziye zaba ngamacebo okutyikitya iAl Shabaab emva kokunyanzelwa ukuba babuyele kwimimandla esemaphandleni ngoonogada boxolo beAfrican Union.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Uthe umgrogrisi waqhuba imoto yakhe wayokungena kwihotele iPosh embindini wedolophu.
- Police also said there was a hostage situation at a restaurant adjacent to the hotel.
- At least nine people were killed as a suicide bomber drove an explosive-laden car into a hotel in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
