Zigawenga za Al-Qaeda zikuukira hotelo ku Nairobi, Kenya, akuti anthuwo afa

Hotelo ndi maofesi m'dera lapamwamba la likulu la Kenya la Nairobi adagwidwa ndi kuphulika kuwiri koyambirira Lachiwiri, ndi zithunzi zojambulidwa kuchokera pamalowo zikuwonetsanso phokoso lamfuti ndi kuphulika kwina pamene anthu ovulala akuchotsedwa pamalopo. Nyumba ya yunivesite yapafupi nayo inasamutsidwa.

Pafupifupi munthu m'modzi waphedwa ndipo anayi avulala modetsa nkhawa pachiwembu chomwe chikuchitika. Gulu la zigawenga lomwe limagwirizana ndi Al-Qaeda la al-Shabaab lati ndi lomwe lachititsa ngoziyi.

Inspector General wa apolisi ku Kenya a Joseph Boinnet wanena kuti zachitikazo ngati "zigawenga zomwe zikuganiziridwa" ndikuwonjezera kuti zigawenga zomwe zili ndi zida zitha kukhala mkati mwa nyumbayo ndikuti ntchitoyo ikupitilira.

"Gulu la zigawenga zosadziwika zidaukira Dusit Complex zomwe tikukayikira kuti zitha kukhala zigawenga," adatero Reuters.

Malo a hotelo ndi maofesi adakhudzidwa ndi kuphulika kuwiri koyambirira kwa Lachiwiri, ndi zojambula zamoyo kuchokera pamalowo zikuwonetsanso phokoso lamfuti ndi kuphulika kwina pamene anthu ovulala akuchotsedwa pamalopo. Nyumba ya yunivesite yapafupi nayo inasamutsidwa.

Mneneri wa gulu la zigawenga za chisilamu la al-Shabaab adauza bungwe la Reuters kuti lati ndilomwe lachita chiwembuchi ponena kuti mamembala ake akumenyanabe mkati.

Akatswiri oponya mabomba apezeka pamalopo koma sizikudziwika ngati atumizidwa pomwe kuwomberana kwapang'onopang'ono komanso kuphulika kuhoteloyo kukupitilirabe.

M'mbuyomu m'neneri wa apolisi adati akuwona kuti nkhaniyi ndi yachigawenga, lipoti la CGTN Africa.

"Tili pachiwopsezo," mboni yowona zomwe zidachitika mu hotelo ya DusitD2 idatero.

Zithunzi zochokera pamalowa zikuwonetsa magalimoto akuyaka moto komanso anthu ovulala akuthandizidwa kuchoka pamalopo.

“Ndinangoyamba kumva kulira kwa mfuti, kenako ndinayamba kuona anthu akuthawa akukweza manja awo m’mwamba ndipo ena akulowa kubanki kubisala kuti apulumutse miyoyo yawo,” adatero mboni wina.

Mkulu wa apolisi ku Nairobi a Philip Ndolo ati atsekereza dera lozungulira Riverside Drive kamba ka chiwembu chomwe akuwaganizira.

Komabe, polankhula ndi wailesi yakanema yakumaloko, mneneri wa apolisi adati sakutsutsa kuti mwina ndi zigawenga.

"Tiyenera kupita ku chochitika chachikulu chomwe chingachitike. Chochitika chachikulu chomwe tili nacho ndi chiwopsezo (chiwopsezo)," a Charles Owino adauza Citizen Television.

Makanema apanthawiyo adajambula apolisi akuzungulira nyumbayo ndikuthandiza anthu ovulala kutali ndi zomwe zidachitika. Bambo wina ankaoneka kuti ali ndi magazi pamene ankasamutsidwa.

Hotelo ya DusitD2 imadzitcha "hotelo yamalonda ya nyenyezi zisanu yokhala ndi cholowa cha Thai" yomwe "yasungidwa pamalo otetezeka komanso amtendere" mphindi zochepa kuchokera ku Nairobi Central Business District.