Kubulawe abantu abayisishiyagalolunye okuhlanganisa nezikhulu ezine zezokuphepha ePhilippine ngoLwesibili ngesikhathi kuxabana neqembu labathumba i-Abu Sayyaf esiqhingini esidumile njengoba izigidi bezilungiselela ukuya eholidini lePhasika.
Ukuhlasela kwesiqhingi sase-Bohol kuzoba okokuqala endaweni ebalulekile yezivakashi zase-Philippine eminyakeni yamuva nje iqembu elithembisa ukwethembeka ku-Islamic State futhi elivame ukukhomba abantu bangaphandle endaweni engenamthetho eseningizimu ye-Mindanao.
Kushone oshayasibhamu abahlanu ngesikhathi kutholwa izibhamu ezine kanye nesiqhumane kule mpi, kusho izikhulu.
“Sikhathazeke kakhulu… siyesaba izimo zokuthunjwa,” kusho uKhent Guimalan, osebenza edeskini eliphambili le-Bohol Beach Club.
Kulandela ukungqubuzana iziphathimandla zisabalalise izithombe zabasolwa ngokuba ngamalungu e-Abu Sayyaf becela abantu bendawo ukuthi babike noma yiziphi izenzo ezisolisayo, ngokusho kukaGuimalan.
Izikhulu zendawo zithe amaphekula asebenzise izikebhe ezihamba ngokushesha ngoMsombuluko ukuze afike esigodini lapho afike alwa nabezokuphepha ekuseni ngoLwesibili.
Amasosha aqaphe "izinto ezingase zibe khona ngenxa yezinye izinto eziphambene nomthetho" ngesikhathi sezivakashi zePhasika, kusho okhulumela umbutho wezempi uBrigadier-General Restituto Padilla.
La madoda abehlomile akhuphuke ngomkhumbi esuka e-Inabanga, okuyindawo ehlala abalimi nabadobayo eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-780 ukusuka e-Abu Sayyaf eJolo, eningizimu nePhilippines, kusho amaphoyisa endawo etshela i-AFP.
I-Bohol, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-600 eningizimu yeManila, iphakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili zezivakashi ezweni.
Kule mpi kushone amasosha amathathu nephoyisa elilodwa, ngokusho kwesitatimende esihlanganyelwe ngamasosha namaphoyisa akulesi sifunda.
"Imisebenzi yokuhlanza iyaqhubeka futhi sithulula amandla amaningi ukusiza nokusiza," kusho uPadilla, okhulumela amasosha.
Iziphathimandla zithi kuqhubeke ukulwa izikhawu ekushoneni kwelanga.
Umbusi wesifundazwe saseBohol u-Edgar Chatto uthe udlame lubekwe endaweni eyodwa, lapho ethe isibalo esingashiwongo sezakhamuzi esesivele sibalekele endaweni ephephile ezindaweni eziseduze.
I-Abu Sayyaf, nayo esolwa ngamabhomu abulalayo, ithembise ukwethembeka eqenjini le-Daesh eliphethe izifundazwe zase-Iraq naseSyria.
Onyakeni odlule i-Abu Sayyaf ibikhulisa imisebenzi yayo, igibela imikhumbi yezentengiselwano neyokudoba isuka esiqhingini sabo esiseningizimu yeJolo, eduze kwaseMalaysia, futhi ithumba inqwaba yabasebenzi bakwamanye amazwe.
Banquma ikhanda isivakashi saseJalimane ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kanye nabavakashi ababili baseCanada ngonyaka odlule. Bobathathu bahlwithwa olwandle.
