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Amaphoyisa aseBulgaria athi abophe abantu abayisikhombisa mayelana nokufa kabuhlungu kwabafuduki abangu-18 base-Afghan bezama ukungena e-Europe ngokungemthetho. Esinye sezisulu bekuyingane.
Bonke babulawa ukuphelelwa umoya elolini elalishiywe eduze kwenhloko-dolobha, iSofia, abashushumbisi ababebathutha.
Abanye abafuduki abangu-34 abebehamba ngeloli baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela, okuhlanganisa nezingane ezinhlanu.
“Okwamanje, bangu-19 abantu abasele ezikhungweni zezokwelapha,” kusho uNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo u-Asen Medzhidiev. “Kukhululwe abantu abayisishiyagalombili…iningi labo bekulaliswe ophikweni loMbuso lwababaleki.”
Ngesikhathi amaphoyisa efika elolini umshayeli ubalekile. Bavundulule abagibeli endaweni eyimfihlo engaphansi kwezingodo ebezihamba ngemoto.
U-Borislav Sarafov, isikhulu seNational Investigation Service yaseBulgaria, wakwazi ukunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe ngabanye balabo ababoshiwe:
“Leli qembu linabantu abayisithupha, ngokwemininingwane esinayo kuze kube manje. Abashushumbisi bazilungisele izindawo zokucasha, babahlomisa nge-foil ukuvimbela i-x-ray ukuthi ibone ukushisa emizimbeni yabantu.”
Iziphathimandla zichaze lezi zigameko njengomdlalo omubi kakhulu wokufuduka oseke waba khona ezweni.
IBulgaria, izwe laseBalkan elinabantu abangaba izigidi eziyisikhombisa, isendleleni enkulu yabafuduki abavela eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Afghanistan beya eYurophu.
Bambalwa kuphela abahlela ukuhlala njengelungu elimpofu kakhulu le-European Union, besebenzisa iBulgaria esikhundleni somzila wezokuthutha lapho besendleleni eya entshonalanga.
Ukuvimbela abantu ukuthi bangene ezweni ngokungemthetho, uhulumeni waseBulgaria wafaka ucingo oluhlabayo emngceleni wawo neTurkey ongu-259km.
Kodwa abantu bakwamanye amazwe ababalekela ubumpofu noma izingxabano emazweni akubo bayakwazi ukungena ngosizo lwabantu bendawo abashushumbisa abantu.
