Umsolwa oneminyaka engu-22 ubudala ubekwe icala lokudubula abulale ibhungu elivakashile e-US Virgin Islands ngemuva kokuzinikela emaphoyiseni, kanti kulindeleke ukuthi kuboshwe abanye abantu, kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa etshela i-AOL News namuhla.
USteven Tyson ubekwe icala lokubulala uLizmarie Perez Chapparro, 14, owayevakashele ebhishi elidumile laseCoki e-St. Thomas nabazali bakhe nomfowabo basePuerto Rican beyomaka i-quinceanera yakhe ezayo, umcimbi wobudala. efana nomgubho we-Sweet 16.
ULizmarie ubesebhasini elivulekile ngesikhathi ebanjwa isibhamu ngoMsombuluko esiphinde sabulala ibhungu laseSt. Thomas ebelihambele umngcwabo, ngokusho kwamaphoyisa.
Isikhulu sezokwazisa umphakathi eMnyangweni wamaPhoyisa aseVirgin Islands, uMelody Rames, utshele i-AOL News ukuthi ukubulawa kukaShahid Joseph, 18, noTyson abekwe icala ngakho, "kusolwa ukuthi bekuyisenzo sokuziphindiselela."
Wenqabile ukubiza lokhu kudubulana “njengokuhlobene namaqembu ezigelekeqe,” kodwa umbiko we-Virgin Islands Daily News wabiza lesi sigameko ngokuthi “impi yezibhamu phakathi kwamaqembu ezigelekeqe.” Licaphune uKhomishana wamaPhoyisa uNovelle Francis Jr. etshela izintatheli endaweni yesigameko ukuthi kukhona obehamba ngemoto yohlobo lweHonda Civic ebomvu evulele ngenhlamvu ebhekise kumuntu emngcwabeni, imoto yona yona yalimala kakhulu, inezimbobo zezinhlamvu ohlangothini kwesokudla kanye nobhampa.
UTyson, oboshelwe ibheyili, kuthiwa ubeshayela iHonda.
URames wengeze ngokuthi yize kungekho siqinisekiso esisemthethweni kuze kube manje sokuthi yini eholele ekudutshulweni, uFrancis "ukhulume kaningi ukuthi izigebengu zivame ukusebenzisa imibuthano emikhulu ukuziphindiselela kubantu abakholelwa ukuthi babenze kabi ngandlela thize."
Intombazane nabazali bayo, ababegubha unyaka wabo womshado, bafike e-St. Thomas ngomkhumbi we-Carnival Cruise Line owawusuka ngeSonto usuka e-Puerto Rico ngohambo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa. Esitatimendeni, umkhulumeli weCarnival uJennifer De La Cruz uchaze ukubulawa “njengesenzo sobudlova obungenangqondo obungenakuqondakala.”
Umndeni wasePuerto Rican ubungekho ogwini oluxhaswe ngesikebhe, kodwa okhulumela iCarnival utshele i-AOL News ukuthi ukumiswa kwenkampani kohambo lokuya endaweni yaseCoki Beach okwenziwe ngemuva kwalokhu kubulala bekusaqhubeka futhi kusazoqhutshekwa "kuze kube kuphinde kwaqashelwa."
Amaphoyisa aseVirgin Islands kanye nezikhulu zezokuvakasha zichaze lesi sigameko njengesodwa futhi zathi iVirgin Islands zisaphephile kubavakashi, kusho umbiko wamaphephandaba iMcClatchy.
Ngokuka-St. John Source, iphephandaba le-inthanethi elizinze endaweni, ukudubula kwale ntombazane “kwenza isibalo sokubulawa kwabantu kule ndawo sifike ku-44 ngonyaka,” ingqikithi ezohlanganisa iziqhingi zase-St. Thomas, St. John ne-St. Leli phepha ligcina lokho okushiwo wuhlu lwamacala okubulala eziqhingini ngasinye, futhi likubeka esizeni salo.
URames uphinde wabiza isigameko sokudubula sangoMsombuluko “njengesigameko esizimele” wathi isibalo sokubulawa kwabantu kuzo zonke iziqhingi ezintathu sizobandakanya ukubulawa kwabantu ngenxa yodlame lwasekhaya.
U-Gov. Virgin Islands u-John deJongh Jr., ukhulume “ngenkambi yokubulawa okungenangqondo kwentsha yethu ethile” esitatimendeni ngemuva nje kokudubula.
“Esibhekana nakho namuhla kuwumphumela wokunganakwa kweminyaka eminingi, esingeke sisakwazi ukukubekezelela,” kusho umbusi.
“Kumele wonke umuntu avukele labo abaqhubeka nokuqhuba ubugebengu obunodlame emigwaqeni yethu. Akumelwe sibanikeze usizo, noma isivikelo, noma ikhava nesihawu. Kufanele sisondelane nalabo abangahloniphi ukuphila noma umthetho.”
