Umushoferi yagonze imbaga y’abantu mu iserukiramuco ryaberaga mu muhanda ryizihiza umurage w’Abafilipine i Vancouver, ku mugoroba wo ku wa Gatandatu, ahitana abantu icyenda ndetse akomeretsa n’abandi.
Bamwe mu bari bitabiriye iserukiramuco bafashije mu gufata ukekwaho gukora ayo mahano, Polisi ikaba yamumenyekanishije nk’umugabo w’imyaka 30 y’amavuko.
“Ubu turahamya ko abantu icyenda bapfuye nyuma y’uko umugabo yagonze imbaga mu ijoro ryakeye, mu iserukiramuco rya Lapu Lapu Festival. Twifatanyije mu kababaro n’abagize ingaruka kuri iri sanganya ridasanzwe,” Polisi ya Vancouver yatangaje.
Iri serukiramuco ryo ku wa Gatandatu ryari rigamije kwizihiza umuco n’ubwuzuzanye, rikaba ryari mu rwego rwo kwizihiza umunsi wa Lapu Lapu, iserukiramuco ngarukamwaka ritegurwa n’Abafilipine batuye muri British Columbia, hibukwa intwari y’abenegihugu yarwanyije ubukoloni bw’Abaspanyoli.
Imodoka zagurishagamo amafunguro zari zitondetse ku mihanda, ababyinnyi nabo bari bataramiye abitabiriye mu mbyino gakondo za Filipine mu zuba ry’itumba. Ariko ibyari ibirori by’imiryango byarangiye bihindutse amarira: umuhamya umwe yavuze ko byari bisa n’urugamba.
Nta mpamvu iratangazwa kuri iyi mpanuka, ariko Polisi yavuze ko “yizeye” ko bitari igikorwa cy’iterabwoba. Abategetsi b’Abanyakanada barimo gukoraho iperereza kugira ngo bamenye niba ibibazo byo mu mutwe bishobora kuba byaragize uruhare muri ibi byabaye, nk’uko isoko y’inzego z’umutekano yabibwiye CNN.
“Ahagana saa mbili n’iminota 14 z’ijoro ku itariki 26 Mata, umugabo yagonze imbaga nini y’abantu bari bitabiriye iserukiramuco rya Lapu Lapu Day hafi ya East 43rd Avenue na Fraser Street. Umugabo w’imyaka 30, utuye Vancouver, yafatiwe aho byabereye,” Polisi yatangaje.
Umuyobozi w’agateganyo wa Polisi ya Vancouver, Steve Rai, yabwiye abanyamakuru ko uwo mugabo yari asanzwe azwi na Polisi “mu bihe bimwe na bimwe”, ariko yanze gutanga ibisobanuro birambuye, nko kuba yarigeze gufungwa cyangwa se kugira dosiye y’ibyaha.
Gusa Rai yavuze ko bikekwa ko yakoraga wenyine, yemeza ko “hari umufatanyacyaha umwe gusa, n’imodoka imwe gusa.”
Iperereza riracyakomeje, rikaba riyobowe n’ishami rishinzwe ibyaha bikomeye muri Polisi ya Vancouver, kandi Polisi yasabye abaturage bafite amakuru yose ajyanye n’ibi byabaye ko babegera.
Abatangabuhamya bitabiriye iserukiramuco bavuze uko habaye akajagari gakomeye.
“Ibi ni ibintu utakwitega kubona mu buzima bwawe bwose,” Kris Pangilinan, umunyamakuru ukorera i Toronto, yabwiye televiziyo ya rubanda ya Canada, CBC. “(Umushoferi) yacunze umunota umwe gusa, akandagira igikoresho cya gaz, maze agonga amagana y’abantu. Byari bisa n’igihe ubona umupira w’ububumbyi ugonga amapine yose yegeranye.”
Yakomeje agira ati: “Byari nk’ahantu habaye intambara… imibiri yari iryamye hose ku butaka.”
Amashusho yafashwe nyuma y’iri sanganya ndetse yemejwe na CNN, yagaragaje umuhanda wibatiwe n’ibiti, impande zawo zose zitaramiwe n’amaduka acuruza ibiribwa, bikikijwe n’imyanda y’ibisigazwa. Hari abantu benshi baryamye hasi mu gihe abaganga batabara bari babarimo gutanga ubutabazi bw’ibanze.
Amajyepfo y’amajwi ya sirene yumvikaga mu kirere, mu gihe inzego z’umutekano zasabaga abaturage kudakomeza kwegerana aho byabereye.
Hari imodoka SUV y’umukara, ifite imbere hamenetse, iri hagati y’umuhanda, uruhande rw’umushoferi rufunguye, mu gihe umupolisi yayikoragaho iperereza.
Amafoto ya Reuters yafatiwe aho byabereye yagaragaje abarwayi n’abaganga batabara ndetse n’imodoka zitwara abarwayi, aho habaga haciwe inzitiro za Polisi.
Abateguye iserukiramuco, itsinda ryitwa Filipino BC, banditse ubutumwa kuri Instagram nyuma y’iri sanganya rihitanye ubuzima bw’abantu, bagira bati: “Turarimo gushakisha amagambo yo kugaragaza agahinda kacu kadasanzwe kuri iyi mpanuka y’indengakamere. Tubabajwe cyane n’imiryango n’abahuye n’iyi nkongi.”
Iri sanganya ryabaye iminsi mike mbere y’amatora rusange yo ku wa Mbere.
Jagmeet Singh, umuyobozi w’ishyaka New Democratic Party rya Canada, yari yitabiriye iserukiramuco ariko yari amaze kuhava mbere y’uko impanuka iba. Yabwiye CTV News ati: “Nari mpari, kandi ntekereza gusa ku maso y’abana nabonye bsmeye, babyina… Ibi ni ibintu biteye ubwoba, sinabona uko mbisobanura.”
Minisitiri w’Intebe wa Canada, Mark Carney, nawe yunamiye abapfiriye n’abakomeretse, yita iki gikorwa “giteye ubwoba” mu butumwa yashyize kuri X (Twitter).
Yanditse agira ati: “Ndihanganisha byimazeyo ababuze ababo, abakomeretse, umuryango mugari w’Abanyafilipine-Canadian ndetse n’abaturage bose ba Vancouver. Turababaye hamwe namwe.”
