Owesilisa uvuthulule imoto yakhe esixukwini ngobusuku baNcibijane eJalimane, kwalimala kabi okungenani abantu abane ababehamba ngezinyawo kulokho amaphoyisa aseJalimane akubiza ngokuthi “ukuhlasela okuhlosiwe”.
"Okungenani abantu abangu-4, okuhlanganisa nabomdabu baseSyria nase-Afghan, balimele kanzima," kusho isitatimende samaphoyisa. Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi abashonile bebeyizifiki yini.
Amaphoyisa athi umsolwa wenze izitatimende “ezicwasa abokufika” ngesikhathi eboshwa.
Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-50 ubudala uqale ukulandela abantu abahamba ngezinyawo ngeMercedes yakhe esiliva edolobheni laseBottrop entshonalanga maphakathi neJalimane ngemuva nje kwamabili, kumemezele abomthetho ngoLwesibili. Uqale wazama ukushayela umuntu owayehamba ngezinyawo owakwazi ukubaleka, ngaphambi kokuba aqhubeke nokuzingela futhi ebhekise isixuku sabantu esigcawini sendawo.
Umsolwa wabe esebhekisa amabombo ngasedolobheni i-Essen, 9km eningizimu yeBottrop, lapho egcine ebanjwe khona ngamaphoyisa. E-Essen, umhlaseli uphinde wazama ukulima imoto yakhe kwabahamba ngezinyawo abalinde esitobhini.
Ngesikhathi eboshwa, washo “izinkulumo zokucwasa abokufika,” kuphawula amaphoyisa, wengeza ngokuthi abaphenyi bakholelwa ukuthi ukuhlasela kungenzeka ukuthi “kwakuhlosiwe.” Okunye okucatshangelwayo wukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi akaphilile kahle ekhanda.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- He first tried to drive into a pedestrian who managed to escape, before continuing his hunt and aiming at a crowd of people on a local square.
- The 50-year-old suspect first started going after pedestrians in his silver Mercedes in the city of Bottrop in west-central Germany shortly after midnight, law enforcement announced on Tuesday.
- A man plowed his car into a crowd on New Year's Eve in Germany, gravely injuring at least four pedestrians in what German police called “targeted attack”.
