Ihhotela nezakhiwo zamahhovisi endaweni ephakeme enhlokodolobha yaseKenya, iNairobi, zihlaselwe ukuqhuma okubili ekuqaleni kukaLwesibili, nezithombe zasendaweni yesigameko nazo ezithwebula umsindo wokuqhuma kwesibhamu nokuqhuma okwengeziwe njengoba abantu abalimele beholwa kude endaweni yesigameko. Ibhilidi lenyuvesi eliseduze nalo lakhishwa.
Okungenani kushone oyedwa kwalimala kanzima abane esigamekweni sokuhlasela esiqhubekayo. Iqembu lamaphekula elixhumene ne-Al-Qaeda, i-al-Shabaab, lithi yilona elenze lesi sigameko.
U-Inspector General Wamaphoyisa eKenya uJoseph Boinnet ubize lesi sigameko ngokuthi "izinsolo zokuhlasela kwamaphekula" wengeza ngokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi amasosha ahlomile asengaphakathi ebhilidini futhi umkhankaso usaqhubeka.
"Iqeqebana labahlaseli abangaziwa lihlomile lihlasele iDusit Complex esisola ukuthi bekungamaphekula," esho ecashunwa yiReuters.
Ihhotela namahhovisi kushaywe ukuqhuma okubili ekuqaleni kukaLwesibili, nezithombe eziqhamuka endaweni yesigameko nazo ezithwebula umsindo wokuqhuma kwesibhamu nokuqhuma okwengeziwe njengoba abantu abalimele beholwa kude endaweni yesigameko. Ibhilidi lenyuvesi eliseduze nalo lakhishwa.
Umkhulumeli weqembu lamaphekula e-al-Shabaab Islamist utshele abeReuters ukuthi bathi yibo ababenze lokhu kuhlasela, wengeza ngokuthi amalungu alo asalwa ngaphakathi.
Ochwepheshe bokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu babonakale endaweni yesigameko kodwa kuze kube yimanje akukacaci noma bafakwe yini njengoba kuqhubeka ukuqhuma kwezibhamu neziqhumane ehhotela.
Phambilini okhulumela amaphoyisa uthe lesi sigameko basithatha njengokuhlasela kwamaphekula, kubika i-CGTN Africa.
"Siyahlaselwa," kusho ozibonele ngesigameko esenzeke ehhotela iDusitD2.
Izithombe ezithathwe endaweni yesigameko zikhombisa izimoto zivutha futhi abantu abalimele besizwa kude nendawo yesigameko.
“Ngaqala ukuzwa kuqhuma isibhamu, ngase ngiqala ukubona abantu bebaleka bephakamisela izandla phezulu abanye bengena ebhange beyocasha ukuze basindise ukuphila kwabo,” kusho omunye umfakazi.
Umkhuzi wamaphoyisa eNairobi uPhilip Ndolo uthe bebevimbe indawo engase-Riverside Drive ngenxa yezinsolo zokugebenga.
Kodwa-ke, ekhuluma nethelevishini yendawo, okhulumela amaphoyisa uthe abakuchithi ukuthi lokhu kuhlasela kwezihonga.
“Kumele siye esigamekweni esiphezulu esingenzeka. Isigameko esikhulu kunazo zonke esinaso esokuhlasela (ukuhlasela),” kusho uCharles Owino etshela iCitizen Television.
Izithombe ezibukhoma ezivela endaweni yesigameko zithwebule izithombe zamaphoyisa ezungeza ibhilidi futhi esiza abantu abalimele kude nesigameko. Owesilisa oyedwa ubonakale egcwele igazi ngesikhathi ekhishwa.
Ihhotela i-DusitD2 lizichaza “njengehhotela lebhizinisi lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu elinefa lase-Thai” “elibekwe endaweni ephephile nenokuthula” emizuzwini embalwa nje ukusuka eSifundazweni Sebhizinisi Esikhulu saseNairobi.
