Amaphoyisa ahlenge usomabhizinisi wasePortugal ehostela laseNancefield, eSoweto, lapho ebeboshelwe khona.
Lo mkhankaso obuholwa yi-Special Task Force yeSouth African Police Service ngoLwesine ntambama, ubususelwe phezu kwemizamo yophiko lwezobunhloli.
Okhulumela amaphoyisa kuzwelonke u-Athlenda Mathe uthi usomabhizinisi, onebhusha eGoli, wathunjwa ngesonto eledlule eSouthgate.
“Usehlanganiswe nomndeni wakhe. Le ndoda yathunjwa maqede kwafunwa isamba semali emndenini wayo, kodwa lemizamo azange iphumelele ngenxa kokusheshe kusukume amaphoyisa,” kusho uMathe.
NgoLwesine ntambama amaphoyisa abophe abasolwa ababili okukholakala ukuthi bangabashayeli bezimoto ebezibaleka ngoLwesine ntambama.
“Ngezithuba zabo-10:30 ebusuku ngoLwesine, ithimba ligasele ehostela laseNancefield eSoweto, nokuyilapho usomabhizinisi atholakale eboshiwe egadiwe. Kuboshwe umsolwa oyedwa ehostela,” kuchaza uMathe.
Eminye imininingwane iholele ithimba emzini oseWhite City, eSoweto, lapho kuboshwe abasolwa ababili.
UMathe uphawula ukuthi amaphoyisa athole amakhadi asebhange kanye nesikhwama semali yesisulu ngesikhathi somkhankaso.
“Lokhu kuphawula okwesibili ukutakulwa kukasomabhizinisi ongumPutukezi endaweni ehlala eSoweto kuleli sonto. Wayethunjwe ngaphandle kwezakhiwo zakhe zebhizinisi phambilini,” kwengeza uMathe.
Uphinde waveza ukuthi ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule, bangaphezu kuka-54 abathumbi abasebenzela eGauteng, North West, Mpumalanga naseFree State.
Uphiko lwe-SAPS elite Special Task Force luhole umkhankaso lapho kutholwe khona omunye usomabhizinisi wasePortugal owayethunjiwe ephila futhi watakulwa kubathumbi bakhe ehostela laseNancefield, eSoweto. Umnikazi webhula laseWatloo wathunjwa ngesonto eledlule ukuze ahlengwe. Asikho isihlengo esikhokhiwe. KUBOSHWE abasolwa aba-5