Abantu bagera kuri 20 bapfuye abandi barenga 100 barakomereka nyuma y’imirwano ikomeye yabereye muri gereza ya Negombo mu gihugu cya Sri Lanka, iherereye nko ku bilometero 35 uvuye mu murwa mukuru Colombo.
Nk’uko byatangajwe n’itangazamakuru ryo muri icyo gihugu n’abapolisi, iyi mirwano yatangiye ku Cyumweru ikomeza no kuri uyu wa Mbere, ibintu byateye impungenge zikomeye mu nzego z’umutekano no mu baturage batuye hafi y’iyo gereza.
Amashusho yatambutse kuri televiziyo ya Derana TV yagaragaje umubare munini w’abapolisi bari bashyizwe ku muryango w’iyo gereza, mu gihe imodoka ya polisi yari itwaye imfungwa zakomeretse yagaragaraga isohoka aho hantu, bamwe muri bo baryamye hasi mu buryo bugaragaza uburemere bw’imvune.
Abatangabuhamya bavuze ko humvikanye urusaku rw’amasasu n’imirwano y’amakimbirane hagati y’amatsinda abiri y’imfungwa yari ahanganye, bituma ibintu byihuta bigera ku rwego rwo kwica no gukomeretsa benshi.
Ubuyobozi bw’ibitaro bwemeje ko bwakiriye imirambo 23, irimo iy’imfungwa n’abacungagereza, mu gihe abandi barenga 100 bajyanywe mu bitaro bakomeretse bikomeye.
Umuyobozi w’ibitaro bya Negombo, Pushpa Gamlath, yatangaje ko abagera ku 16 ari imfungwa naho bane bakaba abacungagereza bishwe muri iyo mirwano, nk’uko byemejwe n’Ibiro ntaramakuru AFP.
Umuvugizi wa polisi, Chandana Herath, yemeje ko koko habaye imirwano muri iyo gereza ndetse ko hari abantu bapfuye, ariko avuga ko ibisobanuro birambuye ku cyateye ayo makimbirane bitaratangazwa.
Ku rundi ruhande, inzego z’igororero zavuze ko imirwano “yamaze guhoshwa” n’inzego z’umutekano, nubwo hagikomeje iperereza ku cyateye ayo makimbirane.
Umunyamakuru wa Al Jazeera wari uri i Negombo, Minelle Fernandez, yatangaje ko hari amakuru avuga ko iyi mirwano yaba yaturutse ku makimbirane hagati y’amatsinda abiri ahanganye mu mfungwa.
Yagize ati: “Turimo kumva ko ari imirwano y’amatsinda abiri ahanganye muri gereza”.
Nubwo impamvu nyayo y’iyi mirwano itaratangazwa ku mugaragaro, inzego z’umutekano zatangaje ko iperereza rikomeje kugira ngo hamenyekane icyateye aya makimbirane yatumye abantu benshi bahasiga ubuzima.
Ibi byabaye byongeye kugaragaza ikibazo cy’umutekano muke mu magereza amwe yo muri Sri Lanka, aho hakunze kuvugwa imvururu zishingiye ku matsinda y’imfungwa, ubucucike bukabije n’itangwa rike ry’ibikoresho.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko iyi mpanuka ishobora gusaba ko hajyaho ingamba nshya zo kunoza imicungire ya gereza, kugabanya ubucucike no kongera ubugenzuzi kugira ngo hakingirwe ko ibintu nk’ibi byongera kubaho.
Ubuyobozi bwa Sri Lanka bwatangaje ko bugiye gukurikirana neza ibyabaye ndetse ko hashobora gufatwa ingamba zikomeye ku bafite uruhare muri iyi mirwano ikomeye yahitanye ubuzima bwa benshi.
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