Okungenani kushone umuntu oyedwa, kwathi abanye abayishumi nambili balimala kabi ngesikhathi imoto ishayisa igwababa enkabeni yeBerlin namuhla.
Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa aseBerlin, owesilisa ushayele imoto yakhe kwabahamba ngezinyawo ekhoneni leRankestrasse neTauentzienstrasse enkabeni yedolobha isifunda iCharlottenburg.
Indawo okwenzeke kuyo lesi sigameko iseduze ne-Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, okungenye yezimpawu eziyingqophamlando zaseBerlin.
Ekuqaleni abatakuli bebecabanga ukuthi balinganiselwa ku-30 abantu abalimele, kodwa kamuva amaphoyisa athi kulesi sigameko kwalimala abangu-12, kuhlanganise nabahlanu izimpilo zabo ezazisengozini.
Umshayeli uboshwe ngamaphoyisa endaweni yesigameko kanti isikhungo esilawula izimoto edolobheni sinxuse abashayeli ukuthi bayigweme le ndawo ebibiyelwe abomthetho.
Ngokusho kwalezi zikhulu, azikacaci ukuthi isenzo somshayeli bekungenhloso noma ngephutha.
Ngokwemibiko yabazibonele, imoto ebihamba kule ngozi ibihamba ngesivinini esiphezulu isuka entshonalanga, ishiye ibhodwe ngaphambi kokuthi iyoshayisa iwindi lesitolo.
Ababebukele bathi le moto bekuyiRenault esiliva eshayelwa 'umuntu osemusha.'
Ingozi yanamuhla yenzeke eduze nendawo okwahlasela kuyo amaphekula ngoZibandlela wezi-2016 lapho i-Islamist eqinile yashayela khona iloli ngamabomu emakethe kaKhisimusi eduze kwesonto elingokomlando. Abantu abangu-12 balahlekelwe izimpilo zabo futhi abantu abangu-56 balimala kulokho kuhlasela.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Today’s crash took place close to the site of the December 2016 terrorist attack in which a radical Islamist deliberately drove a truck through a Christmas market next to the historic church.
- Umshayeli uboshwe ngamaphoyisa endaweni yesigameko kanti isikhungo esilawula izimoto edolobheni sinxuse abashayeli ukuthi bayigweme le ndawo ebibiyelwe abomthetho.
- Reports, the vehicle involved in the crash had driven at a high speed from the west, leaving a trail of destruction in its path before crashing into a store window.
