Car plows into crowd, driver shot by police in Heidelberg, Germany

Owesilisa ulimaze abantu abathathu ngokushayela imoto yakhe esixukwini esigcawini esisenkabeni yedolobha laseJalimane i-Heidelberg, njengoba amaphoyisa echitha izinsolo zokuthi lesi sigameko kungenzeka ukuthi singesamaphekula.

Amaphoyisa athi ngoMgqibelo amaphoyisa akwazile ukuthungatha umsolwa amdubula ngemuva kokuthi ebaleke endaweni yesigameko, esenzeke ngaphandle kwebhikawozi ngezikhathi zantambama.

Okhulumela amaphoyisa u-Anne Baas uthe oyedwa wabalimele usesimweni esibucayi. Omunye okhulumela amaphoyisa, uNorbert Schaetzle, uthe umsolwa kubikwa ukuthi ubesebenzisa imoto eqashisayo kanti ubephethe ummese ngesikhathi ephuma emotweni.

Kube sekuqala isikhashana ngaphambi kokuba amaphoyisa akwazi ukuvimba umsolwa amdubula, kusho abezindaba bendawo, bengeza ngokuthi umhlaseli wabe esethwalwa wayiswa esibhedlela. USchaetzle akazange ayiqinisekise imibiko kwabezindaba yokuthi lo mlisa uphazamisekile emqondweni, kodwa uthe amaphoyisa awasithathi lesi sigameko njengokuhlasela kwamaphekula njengoba le ndoda ibizenzela yodwa.

Eminyakeni emibili edlule, iJalimane ihlaselwe izikhathi eziningana zokuhlaselwa kwamaphekula kokubili okuvela kumaqembu ayo akude kwesokudla, amaqembu obuzwe kanye nabantu okukholakala ukuthi banobudlelwano neqembu lamaphekula iTakfiri Daesh, elizinze e-Iraq naseSyria.

Bangaphezu kwesigidi abantu abangeniswa eJalimane besuka ekuthelekeni kwababaleki okwaqala ukuhlasela i-Europe ngasekuqaleni kuka-2015.

Abaningi bathi ababaleki yibo okufanele basolwe ngokunyuka kwezinsongo zokuphepha ezinqubweni zenkululeko zikaShansela waseJalimane u-Angela Merkel. Lokhu kugxekwa kwaphoqa iBerlin ukuthi ibuyekeze izindlela zokwamukela ababaleki, yathi kuphela labo abavela ezindaweni ezikhungethwe yimpi, okuhlanganisa nabasuka eSyria, abangamukelekile.

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