Manila – Amasosha amaSulumane ePhilippine abulale abantu abangu-18 ngoMsombuluko esehlakalweni sokuziphindiselela kulabo abeseka imizamo kahulumeni yokudala uzinzo kuleliya lizwe.
Iningi labantu abasePhilippine bangamaKhatholika kodwa izindawo eziseziqhingini eningizimu, zigcwele iningi lamaSulumane kanti sekuphele iminyaka uhulumeni ezama ukulwisana namavukelambuso awo ngenhloso yokubuyisela izindawo ngaphansi kwakhe.
Nakuba uhulumeni efinyelele esivumelwaneni soxolo neqembu elikhulu lamavukelambuso amaSulumane, iqembu i-Abu Sayyaf lona lisalwa.
Alinganiselwa ku-50 amalungu e-Abu Sayyaf ahlasele izimoto ebeziyisa abantu emgubhweni i-Eid al-Fitr ngaphandle kwedolobha laseTalipao, eJolo island, kusho uBrigadier-General Martin Pinto etshela izintatheli.
Bangu-18 abantu ababulewe, iningi labo bekungabesifazane, kwalimala abangu-11, iningi labo obekuyizingane.
Amasosha asathungatha oshayasibhamu, kusho uPinto.
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