Iphulo elikhawulezileyo elihlangeneyo elikhokelwa liQela eliSebenzayo labacuphi beSithili saseNelson Mandela Bay kunye ne-SAPS Operation Bamba likhokelele ekubanjweni kwabarhanelwa abane abayanyaniswa nokubulawa okumasikizi kabini kwilali yaseSakhasonke, kwilali yaseWalmer.
Esi sehlo senzeke ngobusuku bangoLwesine, umhla woku-1 kuCanzibe ngo-2025, ngeyecala ibethile intsimbi yesibhozo (20:30), ngethuba amagosa e-SAPS Walmer asabela kwiingxelo zokudubula kompu. Ekufikeni kwabo, bafumanisa imizimba efileyo yabasetyhini ababini, abaneminyaka engamamashumi amane kunye neshumi elinesithoba, bobabini benamanxeba amaninzi.
Njengoko abacuphi babesenza indawo yexhwayelo lolwaphulo-mthetho, iinkokeli ezibalulekileyo ziye zakhuthaza iqela elisebenzayo kunye namalungu e-Operation Bamba ukuba andise uphando lwabo kwizibhedlele zasekuhlaleni. Kwisibhedlele iDora Nginza, babambe umrhanelwa ofumana unyango lokwenzakala emlenzeni, okwathi kamva kwanxulunyaniswa nokubulawa kwabantu baseWalmer.
Uphando olungaphaya lukhokelele amalungu kwindawo yokuhlala eGreenshields Park, apho kwabanjwa abarhanelwa abathathu. Ngethuba eli phulo, amapolisa ohluthe umpu we-12-gauge yaseMossberg kunye nebhokisi yeembumbulu eziyi-9mm.
Oyena nobangela wokubulawa kwabantu usaphandwa. Abarhanelwa abaminyaka iphakathi kwamashumi amabini anesibhozo (28) ukuya kumashumi amane anesithandathu (46) bajongene nezityholo zokubulala, ukuceba ukubulala, nokuba nemipu nembumbulu ngaphandle kwempepha. Bazakuvela kwinkundla kamantyi yaseGqeberha ngoMvulo umhla wesihlanu kuCanzibe ngo2025.