- Phambilini i-UK yaphakamisa izinga layo lokusongela ngokuthi 'libi' ngoNovemba 2020 ngemuva kochungechunge lokuhlasela eYurophu.
- Izinga lokusabisa kwamaphekula e-UK lehliselwe 'likhulu' ngoFebhuwari kulandela 'ukuncipha okukhulu' kwezehlakalo.
- Ukwenyuka kwamanje kwesilinganiso sokuqwashisa kudalwe ukuthi itulo lebhomu kube isigameko sesibili esikhathini esingangenyanga.
Ngemuva kokuthi uNdunankulu u-Boris Johnson ebambe umhlangano ophuthumayo weHhovisi LeKhabhinethi Lokukhuluma Ngehhovisi (COBR), uhulumeni waseBrithani umemezele ukuthi izinga lokusatshiswa kwamaphekula ezweni seliphakanyiselwe 'libi kakhulu.'
Isinqumo sikahulumeni wase-UK sokukhuphula izinga lokusatshiswa kwamaphekula kube yimpendulo yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwezimoto zaseLiverpool ngeSonto, lapho amaphoyisa amemezele ukuhlasela kwamaphekula.
Izinga 'elibi' lokusongela kobuphekula lisho ukuthi okunye ukuhlasela kubhekwa 'njengokungenzeka kakhulu.'
Isinqumo, esiqinisekiswe ngu Unobhala Wezasekhaya uPriti Patel, ithathwe i-Joint Terrorism Analysis Center (JTAC) - iqembu lochwepheshe abaphikisana namaphekula abavela ezigungwini zomthetho nasezikhungweni zokuphepha ezizinze ekomkhulu le-MI5 eLondon.
UPatel uthe ukwenyuka kwezinga lokuqwashisa kungenxa yokuthi itulo lebhomu “kuyisigameko sesibili esikhathini esingangenyanga.” Kungenzeka ukuthi wayebhekisele ekubulaweni kommese kwelungu lePhalamende laseTory uDavid Amess ngenyanga edlule, phambilini okwakuqokwe njengokuhlasela kwamaphekula ngamaphoyisa.
“Kunophenyo olwenziwa bukhoma njengamanje; bazodinga isikhathi, indawo, ukwenza umsebenzi abawenzayo mayelana nokuphenya isigameko,” kusho uPatel, enezela ngokuthi uhulumeni “uyaqinisekisa ukuthi sithatha zonke izinyathelo ezidingekayo.”
Phambilini i-UK yaphakamisa izinga layo lokusongela ngokuthi 'libi' ngoNovemba 2020 ngemuva kochungechunge lokuhlasela eYurophu. Yehliswa yaba 'enkulu' ngoFebhuwari kulandela 'ukuncipha okukhulu' kwezigameko. Izinga 'elinzima' liyisilinganiso sokuqwashisa sesibili esiphezulu, esinezinga 'elibucayi' kuphela elibalwa ngaphezu kwalo.
Amaphoyisa abophe abantu abane mayelana nokuqhuma kwangeSonto, lapho umgibeli wetekisi eqhumisa isiqhumane ngaphandle. Liverpool Isibhedlela Sabesifazane. Ibhomu kwaba ukuphela kwengozi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- UK government’s decision to raise the terror threat level was in response to Sunday's Liverpool car bombing, which police have declared a terror attack.
- Patel said the escalation in alertness rating was due to the bomb plot being the “second incident in a month.
- They will need the time, the space, to do the work that they are doing in terms of investigating the incident,” Patel said, adding that the government is “making sure that we are taking all the necessary steps required.
