INkonzo yamaPolisa aseMzantsi Afrika eTsomo ivule idokethi yophando malunga nokubhubha kwabantu abathandathu bamazwe angaphandle kumlilo otshise isakhiwo ngentsimbi yokuqala ngoLwesibini umhla wamashumi amabini anesibhozo (28) kweyeKhala kusasa.
UBrigadier Nobuntu Gantana uthe eli shishini likwiMain Street eTsomo. Uthe, ngokweengxelo, amapolisa ajikelezayo aye eva “isandi esikhulu sokuqhuma” malunga nentsimbi yesi-03:40 ngelixa esemsebenzini.
“Baye kwangoko ukuya kuphanda, kwaye bakuba befumene ivumba elinamandla lomsi, bawulandelela kwivenkile eyaziwa ngokuba yiMAA Cash and Carry.
“Amapolisa afumene amalangatye amakhulu avela kwisakhiwo aza abaleka aya ngasemva kwevenkile, apho abantu babesaziwa ukuba bahlala khona,” utshilo.
UGantana uthe ekufikeni kwakhe, amapolisa afumanise ukuba abantu abaninzi bavaleleke ngaphakathi kwindawo leyo.
“Bazame ukungena, kunye nabasebenzi bokhuseleko babucala kunye namalungu oluntu lwasekuhlaleni abeze kunceda.
“Nangona bezama ukuhlangula, umntu omnye kuphela owakwaziyo ukubaleka. Okubuhlungu kukuba, abanye abantu abathandathu ababekwivenkile leyo baye babhubha ngumlilo,” wongeze watsho.
Uthe babhubhileyo bachongiwe ngumqeshi wabo. “Okwangoku, akukho senzo sibi sirhanelwayo, kwaye uphando luyaqhubeka,” utshilo uGantana