- Amaphoyisa aseLos Angeles asebenzise usuku lonke ethatha inqolobane enkulu yeziqhumane ekhaya.
- Abangu-16 ngaphandle kwabangu-17 abalimele baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela.
- Kube "nokuhluleka okuyinhlekelele okuphelele kwaleyo moto yokuthwala," ngokusho kweLAPD.
Imizamo yeqembu lamabhomu e-LAPD yokucekela phansi inqwaba yeziqhumane ezingekho emthethweni igcine ngokuqhuma okukhulu okucekele phansi i- UMnyango Wamaphoyisa waseLos Angelesiloli lezikhali, lilimaze abantu abayi-17, kuhlanganisa namaphoyisa ayi-10, futhi belidinga ukuphuma emakhaya aseduze.
Kubantu abangu-17 abalimele, abangu-16 bayiswe esibhedlela kanti omunye unqabe ukhetho lokuthuthwa.
Ukuqhuma kwenzeke ngezithuba zawo-7: 30 ntambama ngoLwesithathu ebusuku ku-700 block ku-East 27th Street, lapho amaphoyisa ebechithe khona usuku ebamba inqwaba yeziqhumane ekhaya. Bazithela cishe kumadivayisi angama-40 enziwe "okwe-coke can" size nge-powder nama-fuses, kanye namadivayisi amancane afanayo angama-200. Ithimba lamabhomu libanqume ukuthi babe “ngabaguquguquki kakhulu.”
Amadivayisi adluliselwe "emotweni ephelele" enekamelo lensimbi, elenzelwe ukufaka izinto eziqhumayo ezingaqhunyiswa ngokuphepha.
Ngesikhathi lezi zimpahla ziqhunyiswa ngemuva nje kuka-7: 30 kusihlwa ngoLwesithathu, kube "nokuhluleka okuyinhlekelele ngokuphelele kwaleyo moto," kusho i-LAPD.
Ukuqhuma kuzamise indawo yangakithi, kwagingqika izimoto eziseduze, kwaphihliza ingilazi kwalimaza nemizi njengoba kwathumela intuthu enkulu emoyeni.
Imindeni efinyelela kwayisishiyagalolunye yakule ndawo isuswe emakhaya ngemuva kokuqhuma.
UMnyango Wamaphoyisa aseLos Angeles uthe lokhu kuqhuma kuzophenywa ngokuhamba kwezinsuku ezizayo. Abaphenyi bakahulumeni kulindeleke ukuthi bafike endaweni yesigameko ngoLwesine.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- LAPD bomb squad’s attempts to destroy a stockpile of illegal fireworks ended up in a huge explosion that destroyed the Los Angeles Police Department‘s armored truck, injured 17 people, including 10 police officers, and required the evacuation of nearby homes.
- Ukuqhuma kuzamise indawo yangakithi, kwagingqika izimoto eziseduze, kwaphihliza ingilazi kwalimaza nemizi njengoba kwathumela intuthu enkulu emoyeni.
- 30pm Wednesday night in the 700 block of East 27th Street, where police had spent the day seizing a large cache of fireworks from a home.
