Abantu batatu bishwe, abandi bane barakomereka, barimo umwana w’umuhungu w’imyaka ibiri, nyuma y’iraswa ryabereye mu iserukiramuco ry’ibiribwa rya Bite of Seattle, hafi y’umunara wamamaye wa Space Needle, mu Mujyi wa Seattle muri Leta ya Washington, ku Cyumweru cy’ejo hashize tariki ya 26 Nyakanga 2026.
Iri raswa ryabereye ahitwa Seattle Center ahagana saa kumi n’ebyiri z’umugoroba ku isaha ya ho—hari saa saba z’ijoro ku isaha ngengamasaha mpuzamahanga ya GMT—mu gihe iryo serukiramuco ryari rigeze mu masaha ya ryo ya nyuma. Aho ryabereye hari huzuye abantu bari baje gusogongera ku mafunguro atandukanye, kumva umuziki no kwishimana n’imiryango ya bo.
Polisi ya Seattle yatangaje ko amakuru y’ibanze agaragaza ko hari abantu babiri barasanye, aho kuba igitero cyari kigamije kwica abitabiriye iserukiramuco muri rusange. Umwe mu bakekwaho kugira uruhare muri uko kurasana yahise afatwa, naho undi ashobora kuba yarahunze agace kabereyemo iraswa.
Umuyobozi wungirije wa Polisi ya Seattle, Tyrone Davis, yavuze ko nubwo uwundi ukekwa yari agishakishwa, nta bimenyetso byagaragazaga ko abaturage bari bakiri mu kaga ako kanya. Polisi ntiyahise itangaza amazina y’abakekwaho icyaha, imyaka ya bo cyangwa impamvu yaba yaratumye batangira kurasana.
Amakuru yatanzwe n’inzego z’ubutabazi agaragaza ko abantu barindwi ari bo barashwe. Babiri bapfiriye aho iraswa ryabereye nyuma y’uko abashinzwe ubutabazi bagerageje kubagarurira ubuzima bikanga. Uwa gatatu, umugore w’imyaka 56, yajyanywe mu Bitaro bya Harborview Medical Center, ariko aza gupfa azize ibikomere yari yagize.
Mu bakomerekejwe harimo umwana w’umuhungu w’imyaka ibiri, umugore w’imyaka 39 n’umugabo w’imyaka 23. Bose bajyanywe mu bitaro bya Harborview kandi, nk’uko abayobozi babitangaje mu ijoro ryakurikiye iraswa, bari bameze neza. Undi mugore w’imyaka 40 wari wakomeretse byoroheje yabanje kwanga kujyanwa kwa muganga, ariko nyuma aza kwijyana ku bitaro bya University of Washington Medical Center. CBC News yatangaje ko abapolisi babonye imbunda ebyiri aho iraswa ryabereye.
Ibyishimo byahindutse induru n’ubwoba
Abari mu iserukiramuco bavuze ko amasasu yumvikanye mu buryo butunguranye, bituma ibyishimo byari byaranze uwo munsi bihinduka induru, ubwoba n’abantu biruka bashaka aho bihisha.
Amashusho yakwirakwijwe ku mbuga nkoranyambaga yerekanaga abantu benshi bikingirije imbere mu nyubako ya Space Needle. Bamwe bari bubamye hasi, abandi bihishe inyuma y’inkingi, ibikoresho byo mu maduka n’ahandi hose bashoboraga kubona ubwirinzi.
Umwe mu batangabuhamya, Faith Adia Hunter, yabwiye ibiro ntaramakuru Associated Press ko we n’inshuti ze bari hafi y’umwe mu barasaga ubwo amasasu yatangiraga kumvikana. Yahise yiruka ari kumwe n’abandi bantu, bajya kwihisha mu nzu ndangamurage y’abana ya Seattle Children’s Museum.
Hunter yagize ati: “Twari hafi ye ubwo byatangiraga, ni ko guhita twiruka. Twirukankanye n’abandi bantu twinjira mu nyubako.”
Abandi batangabuhamya bavuze ko babanje gukeka ko urusaku bumvaga rwari urw’ibishashi cyangwa ibindi bikoresho by’imyidagaduro. Gusa, babonye abantu benshi batangiye guhunga, ababyeyi baterura abana n’abacuruzi basiga aho bakoreraga, bamenya ko hari ikibazo gikomeye.
Nick Bate wari muri ibyo birori yabwiye televiziyo KIRO-TV ko yabanje kwibwira ko hagaragaye ibishashi. Nyuma y’akanya gato yabonye imbaga y’abantu imunyuraho yiruka, maze na we ashaka uko yava muri ako gace.
Leanne Coles, na we wari mu bari bitabiriye iserukiramuco, yavuze ko abantu bose batangiye kwiruka, bituma na bo bakurikira imbaga. Banyuze mu busitani bakomeza guhunga, mu gihe bageragezaga gukoresha umunara wa Space Needle nk’ikimenyetso kibafasha kumenya aho berekezaga.
Bamwe mu bari muri ibyo birori bavuze ko bumvise amasasu ari hagati y’arindwi n’umunani hafi y’isoko y’amazi. Hari n’ababonye imiryango n’abana bahura n’ingorane zo kwambuka uruzitiro. Umwe mu bakozi bari aho yavuze ko yafashije guterura abana no kubambutsa uruzitiro kugira ngo bagezwe ahatekanye.
Mu kajagari kavutse, hari utugare tw’abana twaguye cyangwa tugasigwa aho, ameza arubama, naho abacuruzi bagasiga ibicuruzwa n’ibiribwa byabo. Abantu bamwe bihishe muri Seattle Center Armory, abandi muri Space Needle no mu zindi nyubako zo muri ako gace.
Igisubizo cyihuse cya polisi
Abapolisi benshi bari basanzwe bashinzwe umutekano muri Bite of Seattle. Bakimara kumva amasasu, bahise berekeza aho yaturukaga. Davis yavuze ko bamwe mu bapolisi babonye umwe mu bakekwaho icyaha arimo kurasa, bakamuhagarika, akishyira mu maboko ya bo.
Ubuyobozi bwa Seattle bwavuze ko kuba abapolisi bari hafi kandi bakitabira vuba bishobora kuba byarabujije ko umubare w’abapfa n’abakomereka urushaho kwiyongera.
Abapolisi bahise basaka Seattle Center bashakisha uwundi muntu ukekwa, ariko ntiyahise aboneka. Polisi kandi yasabye abantu kwirinda kujya muri ako gace kugira ngo abashinzwe iperereza babone uko bakusanya ibimenyetso, babaze abatangabuhamya kandi bagenzure amashusho yaba yarafashwe n’abari mu iserukiramuco.
Harborview Medical Center, yakiriye benshi mu bakomerekejwe, yashyizwe mu buryo bw’umutekano wihariye mu gihe gito, hakurikijwe amabwiriza ya polisi. Serivisi ya Seattle Monorail, umuhanda wa gari ya moshi nto uhuza Seattle Center n’indi mihanda yo mu mujyi, na yo yahagaritswe mu ijoro ryabereyemo iraswa.
Ibiro bya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika bishinzwe kurwanya ikoreshwa rinyuranyije n’amategeko ry’inzoga, itabi, imbunda n’ibiturika, ATF, byohereje abakozi ahabereye iraswa kugira ngo bafashe mu iperereza. Itsinda ryihariye rya Leta ya Washington rishinzwe gutabara ahabaye ibyaha bikomeye, SWAT, na ryo ryitabiriye ku busabe bwa Polisi ya Seattle.
Iperereza riyobowe n’ishami rishinzwe gukurikirana ubwicanyi rifatanyije n’ishami rya polisi rishinzwe kugabanya ihohoterwa rikoresheje imbunda. Abashinzwe iperereza bashaka kumenya icyateye kurasana, isano yari hagati y’abakekwa ndetse no kumenya niba hari mu bapfuye cyangwa abakomeretse wari ufite aho ahuriye n’amakimbirane yateje iraswa.
Polisi yasabye umuntu wese wari ahari, uwafashe amashusho cyangwa uwaba afite amakuru ku bakekwa kuyageza ku nzego z’umutekano. Yavuze ko hari abatangabuhamya bake bari bamaze kuyegera, nubwo iserukiramuco ryari ryitabiriwe n’abantu benshi.
Umunsi w’ibirori wasojwe n’amarira
Bite of Seattle ni rimwe mu maserukiramuco y’ibiribwa azwi cyane muri Leta ya Washington. Ryatangiye mu 1982 kandi rikorwa mu minsi itatu, rigahuza abacuruzi b’ibiribwa, abahanzi, abacuruza ibindi bicuruzwa n’imiryango iba yaje kwidagadura.
Iri serukiramuco risanzwe ryitabirwa n’abantu babarirwa mu bihumbi amagana. Associated Press ivuga ko rishobora gukurura abashyitsi bagera ku 350,000 mu minsi itatu. Abaryitabira baba bashobora kugerageza amafunguro yo mu bice bitandukanye by’isi, kureba abahanzi no kwitabira imikino n’ibindi bikorwa bigenewe imiryango. Associated Press yatangaje ko iraswa ryabaye mu masaha ya nyuma y’umunsi wa nyuma w’iryo serukiramuco.
Aho iraswa ryabereye, Seattle Center, ni agace k’ubukerarugendo n’imyidagaduro gafite ubuso bungana na hegitari 30. Ni ho hari Space Needle, umunara wubatse mu ishusho idasanzwe umaze kuba ikimenyetso cy’Umujyi wa Seattle kuva wafungurwa mu 1962.
Seattle Center kandi irimo Climate Pledge Arena, ikibuga gikinirwamo n’amakipe arimo Seattle Kraken yo muri shampiyona ya NHL na Seattle Storm yo muri WNBA. Harimo kandi inzu ndangamurage y’abana, ahabera ibitaramo n’ibindi bikorwa bikurura ba mukerarugendo.
Kuba iraswa ryarabereye ahantu hazwi nk’ikimenyetso cy’umujyi, kandi hari hateraniye imiryango myinshi, byatumye inkuru ya ryo ikwirakwira vuba muri Amerika no hanze ya yo.
Abayobozi bamaganye “ihohoterwa ridafite ishingiro”
Umuyobozi w’Umujyi wa Seattle, Katie Wilson, yashimiye abapolisi bitabiriye vuba kandi bagafata umwe mu bakekwaho icyaha. Yari yabanje kuvuga ko abantu babiri bakekwaho uruhare bari bafashwe, ariko nyuma aza gukosora iryo tangazo, avuga ko umwe ari we wari mu maboko ya polisi.
Wilson yavuze ko ibyabaye ari “igikorwa cy’ihohoterwa riteye ubwoba,” anagaragaza ko ababuriye aba bo bari mu bihe bikomeye kurusha ibindi byose bahuye na byo mu buzima.
Yagize ati: “Imiryango yagizweho ingaruka iri kunyura mu bihe bibi cyane mu buzima bwa yo, kandi abaturage bose baragerageza kumva ukuntu igikorwa cyari cyubakiye ku muco, guhura kw’abantu n’ibyishimo cyarangiye humvikana amasasu.”
Yakomeje avuga ko uwo mugoroba umutima w’abatuye Seattle wari ku bantu bishwe, abakomeretse bari kurwana no gukira ndetse n’imiryango yari iri iruhande rwabo.
Yagize ati: “Seattle ibabaranye namwe kandi izakomeza kubaba hafi mu minsi ikomeye iri imbere.”
Guverineri wa Leta ya Washington, Bob Ferguson, na we yavuze ko yifatanyije n’imiryango y’abishwe n’abakomeretse. Yashimiye inzego z’ubutabazi n’umutekano zakomeje gukora kugira ngo zirinde abaturage.
Umudepite Pramila Jayapal uhagarariye Seattle mu Nteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika yavuze ko yababajwe cyane n’iraswa. Yatangaje ko ibiro bye byari biri kuvugana n’Umuyobozi w’Umujyi Katie Wilson na Guverineri Ferguson, kugira ngo inzego zitandukanye zihuze amakuru n’ibikorwa.
Ikibazo cy’imbunda gikomeje guhangayikisha Amerika
Iraswa ryo muri Bite of Seattle ryongeye kubyutsa impaka zimaze igihe muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika ku buryo imbunda ziboneka, uburyo zigomba kugenzurwa n’ingamba zo gukumira ihohoterwa rizikoresha.
Mu mategeko ya Leta Zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika, uburenganzira bwo gutunga no kwitwaza imbunda bushyigikirwa n’Ingingo ya Kabiri y’Itegeko Nshinga. Abashyigikiye ubwo burenganzira bavuga ko imbunda zifasha abantu kwirinda no kurengera imiryango ya bo. Abasaba ko amategeko akazwa bo bavuga ko kuba imbunda ziboneka ku bwinshi byongera ibyago by’ubwicanyi, impanuka no kwiyahura.
Leta ya Washington yashyizeho amategeko arimo kugenzura amateka y’umuntu ushaka kugura imbunda, kubuza zimwe mu ntwaro zikomeye no gushyiraho ibihe umuntu ategereza mbere yo guhabwa imbunda. Nubwo bimeze bityo, abayobozi bavuga ko imbunda zitemewe n’amategeko zikomeje kugera mu maboko y’abantu bashobora kuzikoresha mu makimbirane.
Iraswa rya Seattle rije mu gihe abayobozi b’uwo mujyi bari basanzwe bahangayikishijwe n’ibindi bikorwa by’ihohoterwa rikoresheje imbunda byari biherutse kuhaba. Amakuru ya Reuters avuga ko iki cyari igikorwa cya gatatu gikomeye cy’ihohoterwa rikoresheje imbunda kibaye muri Seattle mu minsi mike gusa.
Abaharanira kugenzura imbunda bavuga ko abaturage badakwiye kwemera ko kurasana mu ruhame bihinduka ikintu gifatwa nk’igisanzwe. Ku rundi ruhande, abayobozi b’inzego z’umutekano bashimangira ko gukumira bene ibi bikorwa bisaba ubufatanye mu kurwanya icuruzwa ry’imbunda ritemewe, gukemura amakimbirane hakiri kare no gushishikariza abaturage gutanga amakuru.
Mu gihe iperereza rikomeje, amazina y’abapfuye ntiyahise atangazwa, hagamijwe kubanza kumenyesha imiryango ya bo. Nta makuru arambuye kandi yari yatanzwe ku muntu wafashwe cyangwa ku wo polisi ikomeje gushakisha.
Abaturage ba Seattle basigaranye intimba yo kubona ahantu hasanzwe hahurira imiryango mu birori n’ibyishimo hahinduka aho abantu batakarije ubuzima. Ku miryango y’abishwe n’abakomeretse, iserukiramuco rya Bite of Seattle ryo mu 2026 ntirizibukirwa kubera amafunguro, umuziki cyangwa umunezero, ahubwo rizahora ribibutsa umunsi ibyishimo bya bo byahindutse amasasu, ubwoba n’amarira.
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