AMAPHOYISA ase-Eastern Cape aphume umkhankaso wokuthungatha abasolwa abahlasele abantu emngcwabeni endaweni yaseBityi ngoLwesithathu.
Umndeni nezihlobo zikaNovotile Mgxada (62) owadutshulwa wabulawa ngeledlule bebendawonye njengoba kulungiselelwa umngcwabo wakhe emzini oseTantseka, KwaSithebe eBityi ngesikhathi behlaselwa.
Kuthiwa abasolwa abathathu abebehlome beyizingovola bangene ngendluzula kulo muzi babhubhisa ngenhlamvu anduba babaleke.
“Kudutshulwe kwabulawa abantu abayisithupha, owesikhombisa ushonele esibhedlela,” kusho uColonel Priscilla Naidu.
“NgoLwesithathu ebusuku ngo-11.30 bahlasela izihlobo zakulo mndeni. Abasolwa bavulele ngenhlamvu kubantu abayisikhombisa, abayisithupha bashonele endaweni yesigameko, oyedwa ushonele esibhedlela.”
Imbangela yokuhlaselwa kwalezi zihlobo eziseminyakeni ephakathi kuka-29 no-68 ubudala, kayikaziwa.
UKhomishana wamaphoyisa uMajor-General Thandiswa Kupiso uzwakalise ukushaqeka ngalesi sehlakalo. UKupiso ujube ithimba elihlanganisa amaphoyisa asuka ezinhlakeni ezihlukene ukuba aphenyisise ngalesi sigameko.