Koshone oyedwa ngesikhathi kuhlaselweni isikhumulo sezindiza saseSaudi

Kubikwa ukuthi umuntu oyedwa ushonile kwathi cishe abantu abayishumi nambili balimala ekuhlaselweni okusha ​esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseRiyadh ngeSonto, kusho iziphathimandla zaseSaudi, ngosuku olulodwa ngemuva kokuhlasela okufunwa yiHouthis e-Iran yaseYemen okwabulala abantu abangu-13 kwalimala abangaphezu kuka-300.

Amasosha ombimbi oluholwa yiSaudi eYemen athi isibhamu esingaziwa sihlasele isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseRiyadh iTerminal 4 ngeSonto, sabangela umlilo. Abantu abayishumi nanye balimala ngaphezu kwathi oyedwa washona, kusho iziphathimandla zezindiza zomphakathi zaseSaudi.

Amasosha ombimbi aphinde athi izivikelo zomoya zaseSaudi zibambe isibhamu somkhumbi eduze neKing Khalid International Airport. Kamuva banezela ngokuthi idrone ibanjwe futhi yabhujiswa eSifundazweni SaseMpumalanga sezwe, kwathi isibhamu esiqhumile saqala ukubhekisa eKhamis Mushait sabanjwa. Izexwayiso eziphuthumayo nazo zikhishwe e-Abha, eningizimu, ekuseni ngoMsombuluko kodwa ingozi isidlulile, kusho iSaudi Civil Defense.

Lokhu kugadla kudalule ubuthakathaka emandleni okuzivikela aseSaudi njengoba umbuso uqhuba umkhankaso womoya ngokumelene namaHouthi, alwa impi yasemhlabeni eYemen ngokumelene nohulumeni waseYemen osekelwa yiSaudi.

Izithombe ezikhishwe yithelevishini yesifundazwe saseSaudi zokuhlaselwa kwangoMgqibelo esikhumulweni sezindiza saseRiyadh zibonise inqwaba yabahambi benkolo bemi ngomumo esangweni njengoba belungiselela ukuya ezindaweni ezimbili ezingcwele kakhulu zamaSulumane. Ukukhanya okukhanyayo okuphuzi kwenza abantu bagijime ngokwesaba, kuyilapho izingxenye zophahla zibonakala zigoba.

Isikhumulo sezindiza sivaliwe ngemuva kokuhlasela, okubulale kakhulu embusweni eminyakeni engaphezu kweyishumi. Enkulumweni ekhishwe kuthelevishini ngeSonto, okhulumela amasosha aseHouthi uYahya Saree uzibophezele ekuhlaselweni kwangoMgqibelo futhi wathi iqembu liphinde lahlasela isikhumulo sezindiza eDammam eSifundazweni Sasempumalanga saseSaudi Arabia kanye nezikhungo ezimbili zenkampani enkulu yamafutha aseSaudi iSaudi Aramco (2222.SE).

Ihhovisi lezindaba likahulumeni waseSaudi kanye ne-Aramco abazange baphendule izicelo zokuphawula.
Igunya lezindiza zomphakathi laseSaudi liqinisekise ukuhlaselwa kweSikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe iKing Fahd eDammam ngasekupheleni kwangeSonto, lenezela ngokuthi “kuyaqhubeka ukuhlolwa komonakalo kanye nokuhlolwa kokuphepha kwezindawo zesikhumulo sezindiza.”