In Paris, umuntu ohlatshwe umkhosi yiziphathimandla zaseFrance njenge-Islamist eqinile enezinkinga zempilo yengqondo uhlasele wabulala isivakashi saseJalimane ngesikhathi elimaza abanye ababili ngaphambi kokuboshwa yizikhulu.
Kwalimala abantu ababili—indoda yaseBrithani eneminyaka engu-66 ubudala yahlaselwa ngesando nendoda yaseFrance eneminyaka engu-60 ubudala.
Lokhu kuhlasela kwenzeke eduze kwe-Eiffel Tower phakathi nempelasonto ephithizelayo ebusuku ngesikhathi izwe lisaqaphe kakhulu ngenxa yokushuba kwesimo esihlobene nezinye izenzakalo zomhlaba.
UNdunankulu u-Elisabeth Borne uzwakalise ukungahambisani nobushokobezi, wathi, "Ngeke sivumele ubuphekula," ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. UMongameli u-Emmanuel Macron udlulise amazwi enduduzo emndenini wamaJalimane abulawa "kukuhlasela kwamaphekula." Ngaphezu kwalokho, abashushisi baseFrance abalwa nobushokobezi bamemezele ukuthi bazohola uphenyo.
Umhlaseli uhlonzwe yiziphathimandla njenge-Islamist eqinile ebelashelwa ukugula ngengqondo. Ugwaze wabulala isivakashi saseJalimane owazalwa ngo-1999 futhi wahlasela abanye ngommese nesando ngesikhathi ezama ukubaleka ngaphesheya komfula.
Amaphoyisa avale indawo ephithizelayo eduzane Ibhuloho le-Bir Hakeim, ngokuvamile egcwele izivakashi nezindawo, ekhanyiswe amalambu akhanyayo amabutho okuvikela kanye nezinsizakalo eziphuthumayo.
Ihhovisi lomshushisi waseParis likuqinisekisile ukuthi umhlaseli, owazalwa ngo-1997, ungumFulentshi futhi uboshiwe mayelana necala lokubulala nokuzama ukubulala. UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi uDarmanin udalule ukuthi lo muntu ngaphambilini wathola isigwebo seminyaka emine ngo-2016 ngokuhlela ukuhlasela okungaphumelelanga.
