Ukuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwesonto lamaKrestu eGibhithe kushiya abantu abangama-21 beshonile

Izikhulu zikahulumeni e-Alexandria, e-Egypt, zinyuse ezokuphepha ezindaweni zokukhonzela kulandela ukuqhuma okubulale okungenani abantu abangu-21 esontweni esifundeni, kusho umbusi etshela abezindaba ngoMgqibelo.

"Manje sesigcizelela ukuqapha amasonto," u-Adil Labib, umbusi wase-Alexandria, etshela iNile TV ephethwe nguhulumeni.

Ubufakazi bukhomba ukuthi idelakufa liziqhumise ngebhomu, kusho uMnyango Wezangaphakathi ezweni.

Yize indawo okwenzeke kuyo ukuqhuma ibivaliwe, ababhikishi abebethwele iziphambano bahlangane eduze kwendawo yesigameko, kubika iNile TV.

Iziphathimandla zikholelwa ukuthi ibhomu lishonile kulokhu kuqhuma, kusho uMnyango wezangaphakathi esitatimendeni. Ukuhlolwa kwe-forensic kuqinisekise ukuthi isiqhumane esisetshenzisiwe bekungokwasekhaya futhi bekunezinzipho nama-ball-bearings, ngokusho kwesitatimende.

UMnyango wezeMpilo e-Egypt uthe kulimale abantu abangu-79 ngesikhathi kuhlasela e-Alexandria, kubika i-Middle East News Agency (MENA) esemthethweni kuleliya lizwe. Abane kubo bekungamaphoyisa abekwe ngaphandle kwesonto ukuvikela amaKrestu akhonza ngaphakathi, kusho uMnyango wezangaphakathi.

“Sezwa umsindo wokuqhuma kwezulu. Ngawela phansi. Ngibone kusha imoto. Ngeke ukwazi ukukucabanga esikubonile lapho. … Bekuyisigameko esibi kakhulu,” kusho uNermin Nabil, owayewela umgwaqo eduze nesonto ngesikhathi kuqhuma ukuqhuma.

I-Nile TV ikhombise izicishamlilo zibhula umlilo endaweni yesigameko.

"Lesi senzo sobuphekula sishaqisile, salimaza izinhliziyo zabaseGibhithe, amaSulumane namaCoptic," kusho uMengameli waseGibhithe uHosni Mubarak, owakhuluma nesizwe emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokuqhuma kwebhomu. "Ngingasho ngokuzethemba, ukuthi sizobajaha abantu abahlela futhi benza lesi senzo sobuphekula, futhi sizobaxosha abantu abathintekayo nabo."

UMengameli waseMelika uBarack Obama ngoMgqibelo usigxekile lesi sigameko.

"Abaphehli balokhu kuhlasela bebeqonde ngqo abakhulekeli abangamaKristu, futhi abayihloniphi impilo nesithunzi somuntu," kusho u-Obama esitatimendeni. "Kumele babhekane nengalo yomthetho ngalesi senzo sobulwane nesibi."

"Siyaqhubeka nokuqoqa imininingwane ngalesi sigameko esibi," kuqhubeka isitatimende, "futhi sizimisele ukunikeza noma yiluphi usizo oludingekayo kuHulumeni wase-Egypt ekuphenduleni kuso."

Imoto ebipake phambi kwesonto i-Alexandria Church of Two Saints iqhume ngemuva nje kwamabili, kusho uMnyango wezangaphakathi e-Egypt. AmaKristu angamaCoptic abehambele izinkonzo lapho ngesikhathi sokuqhuma, kubika iNile TV.

Imoto ibigcwele iziqhumane, kubika iNile TV, icaphuna uMnyango wezangaphakathi.

I-mosque eseduze ilimele kanti amaSulumane ayisishiyagalombili abephakathi kwabalimele, kusho uMnyango wezangaphakathi.

UMubarak ucele ukuthi kuphenywe ngokushesha "ngesenzo sobugebengu" futhi wanxusa abaseGibhithe ukuthi babumbane "ekubhekaneni ... nobuphekula kanye nalabo abafuna ukuphazamisa ukuphepha kwesizwe, ukuzinza kanye nobumbano lwabantu baso," kusho umkhulumeli kamongameli u-Ambassador Sulaiman Awad.

ULabib utshele iNile TV ukuthi amasampula asendaweni yesigameko athunyelwe elebhu kahulumeni njengengxenye yophenyo.

"Lokhu kuhlasela kubhekiswe kubo bonke abaseGibhithe hhayi nje abafowethu abangamaCopt," kusho uLabib, ngokusho kwe-MENA.

Izikhulu zaseGibhithe zisola abokufika ngokuhlasela, kubika i-MENA.

AmaCopt, angabalandeli behlelo lobuKristu laseGibhithe, akha cishe u-9% wabantu besizwe. Cishe ama-90% abantu baseGibhithe bangamaSulumane.

I-Al-Azhar, okungesinye sezikhungo ezindala kakhulu zokufunda nokukhulekela kwamaSulumane e-Egypt, ikhiphe isitatimende igxeka ukuhlasela.

“Lesi yisenzo sobugebengu esingasoze sathethelelwa (kuyo) iyiphi inkolo. I-Islam ikwenqabela ngokuqondile noma yikuphi ukuhlaselwa kwezindawo zenkolo. Empeleni, inika amaSulumane umsebenzi wokuvikela izindawo zokukhonzela zamaSulumane nabangewona amaSulumane,” kusho okhulumela i-Al-Azhar uMohammed Tahtawi etshela iNile TV.

NgoNovemba, iqembu elinobudlelwano ne-al Qaeda e-Iraq lamemezela ukuthi wonke amaKristu aseMpumalanga Ephakathi azoba "izinhloso ezisemthethweni."

Ngemuva nje kokukhishwa kwalo myalezo, imithombo yamaphoyisa ase-Egypt ikuqinisekisile ukuthi ezokuphepha ziqinisiwe emasontweni ezweni lonke futhi isivikelo sengeziwe sinikezwa inhloko yeCoptic Church, kusho amaphoyisa.

Izingxabano bezilokhu zishubile phakathi kweningi lamaSulumane aseGibhithe kanye namaKrestu amancane.

IKhomishini YaseMelika Yenkululeko Yezenkolo yathi ngoNovemba kwashiswa imizi engu-10 yamaCopt Christian kanye namabhizinisi amaningana esifundazweni saseQena eningizimu yeGibhithe kulandela amahlebezi obudlelwano bothando phakathi kwendoda engumKristu nowesifazane oyiSulumane. Izikhulu zezokuphepha zabeka umthetho wewashi zabopha amaSulumane amaningana, kusho ikhomishana.