Amabhomu amabili ezimoto ahlasele inhlokodolobha yaseSomalia, iMogadishu, kusho amaphoyisa, enezela ngokuthi kushone abantu abangu-22. Ukuqhuma kokuqala kubikwa ukuthi kulandelwe ukuqhuma kwezibhamu.
Amaphoyisa athi ukuqhuma kokuqala kwenzeke eduze kwaseSafari Hotel, ecekelwe phansi kakhulu ukuqhuma okukhulu. Abatakuli basatakula abantu emfucumfucwini. Ihhotela liseduze noMnyango Wezangaphandle waseSomalia.
“Bekuyibhomu elolini. Iqhume ku-K5 Junction,” kusho uHussein enezela ngokuthi "indawo yesigameko isavutha."
"Siyazi ukuthi okungenani izakhamizi ezingama-20 zishonile kwathi inqwaba yabanye balimala," kusho iphoyisa u-Abdullah Nur.
“Inani lokufa lizonyuka nakanjani. Sisematasa nokuthutha abalimele,” usho kanje.
UHussein uthe ukuqhuma kwenzeke ngesikhathi abezokuphepha belandela iloli elidale izinsolo. Ukuqhuma ngokusobala kubhekise ehhotela lendawo, engeza.
"Kube nesiminyaminya futhi umgwaqo ubugcwele abantu ababukele nezimoto," kusho u-Abdinur Abdulle, uweta endaweni yokudlela eseduze. “Kuyinhlekelele,” engeza.
Abazibonele ngokwabo bathi lokhu kuqhuma kulandelwe ukuqhuma kwesibhamu.
Ukuqhuma kwesibili kwenzeke esifundeni saseMadina edolobheni, ngokusho kwamaphoyisa.
“Bekuyibhomu lemoto. Kushone abantu ababili,” kusho uSiyad Farah, oyisikhulu samaphoyisa. Uqhube wathi umsolwa ubanjwe esolwa ngokutshala iziqhumane.
Lokhu kuqhuma kwenzeke ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbili inhloko ye-US Africa Command iseMogadishu izohlangana nomengameli waseSomalia, uMohamed Abdullahi Mohamed.
Alikho iqembu elike lathi linesandla kulokhu kuhlasela. Kodwa-ke, iqembu lamaphekula i-Al-Shabab elizinze eSomalia lisanda kuhlasela izinkambu zamasosha nasezindaweni zamadolobha ezindaweni eziseningizimu nemaphakathi nezwe.
