Izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka ezibandakanya i-Egypt kanye nabathumbi bezivakashi zase-Europe ezingu-11 kanye nabaseGibhithe abayisishiyagalombili ababethunjwe ngaphesheya komngcele eSudan, kusho uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eGibhithe uZohair Garanah.
Abahambi, kanye nabaqondisi babo baseGibhithe kanye nabaphelezeli, "bondliwa kahle futhi banakekelwa," kusho uGaranah namuhla engxoxweni yocingo. Izisulu zihlanganisa amaNtaliyane amahlanu, amaJalimane amahlanu kanye noyedwa waseRomania.
Uthe akukho zinyathelo zamasosha esezike zathathwa ukukhulula abathunjwa, ababoshelwe ukuhlengwa. Wenqabile ukusho ukuthi amaqembu aseGibhithe asedlulele eSudan noma ukuthi abaseGibhithe babekhuluma kanjani namadoda athumba abahambi ngoSepthemba 19. Izikhulu zezokuphepha zaseSudan naseGibhithe zihlanganisa imizamo yokubakhulula, kusho uGaranah.
Akukaze kube khona “ukuxhumana okuqondile” nabathumbi, kusho uMnyango Wezokuvakasha kamuva esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ngefeksi. UMagdi Rady, okhulumela uNdunankulu u-Ahmed Nazif, uthe ngocingo izingxoxo ziyenzeka; wenqabile ukucacisa ukuthi ngaziphi iziteshi nokuthi ngani.
“Akuwona umqondo omuhle ukungena ngemininingwane,” kusho yena.
Iqembu lezivakashi kanye nabaqondisi balo baseGibhithe lalizulazula endaweni yaseGilf El-Gedid, indawo enezintaba ze-sandstone nemigede ecashile, ngesikhathi libanjwa. Lesi sifunda savezwa kwifilimu yango-1996 ethi “The English Patient” futhi sesiphenduke indawo eheha abavakashi bemvelo. UMnyango Wezokuvakasha uthe esitatimendeni sawo izwi lifinyelele eCairo mayelana nokuthumba ngoSepthemba 21.
Luxor Shooting
Ukuthumba kuyazwela e-Egypt, lapho ezokuvakasha sekuyiyona ndlela engenisa imali enkulu yangaphandle – amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10.8 ezweni lonke ngonyaka odlule. Ngo-1997, imboni yacishe yawa ngemva kokuba oshayasibhamu abayisithupha bedubule izivakashi ezingu-57, umqondisi kanye nephoyisa laseGibhithe eLuxor, eMfuleni iNayile. Kusukela lapho, izivakashi ezihambela ngaphandle kwendawo yaseLuxor kumele zihambe ngamakhonsathi amaphoyisa ahlomile.
ENew York eNhlanganweni Yezizwe izolo, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle u-Ahmed Aboul Gheit udale ukudideka ngesikhathi etshela izintatheli ukuthi abahambi nabaqondisi babo “bakhululiwe, bonke bephephile futhi bephilile.”
Kamuva, isikhungo sezindaba esisemthethweni i-MENA sacaphuna okhulumela uMnyango u-Hossam Zaki ethi amazwi ka-Abul-Gheit “awaqondile.
