Mapolesa a Monrovia a boletse hore bonyane batho ba 29 ba bolailoe ke tšisinyeho ea batho kopanong ea thapelo ea Bokreste motse-moholo oa Liberia ka Labone, mme ho na le ts'abo ea hore palo ea batho e ka nyoloha.
'Muelli oa sepolesa Moses Carter o re palo ea batho ba shoeleng ke ea nakoana mme "e ka eketseha" hobane batho ba bangata ba ne ba le maemong a hlobaetsang. O ne a tlatsa ka gore bana ba ne ba akarediwa mo baswing.
Motlatsi oa letona la tlhahisoleseling la Liberia o fane ka lenane le tšoanang la ba shoeleng.
"Lingaka li boletse hore batho ba 29 ba hlokahetse mme ba bang ba lethathamong le mahlonoko," ho boletse Jalawah Tonpo, a letsetsa seea-le-moea sa mmuso ho tsoa sepetlele se haufi.
"Lena ke letsatsi le bohloko bakeng sa naha," Tonpo a eketsa.
Mecha ea litaba ea lehae e tlalehile ka Labone hore koluoa ea bosiu e etsahetse kopanong e neng e tšoaretsoe lebaleng la bolo ea maoto New Kru Town, ka leboea ho Monrovia. Ha hoa ka ha hlaka hore na ke eng e bakileng lerata leo.
Lintlha tse mabapi le koluoa eo li ile tsa lula li sa hlaka. Ho ea ka litlaleho tsa sebaka seo, ketsahalo ena e ne e le kopano ea thapelo ea Bakreste - e tsejoang Liberia e le "crusade" - e neng e tšoaretsoe lebaleng la bolo ea maoto New Kru Town, sebaka sa basebetsi ba motse-moholo.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Monrovia police said that at least 29 people were killed in a stampede at a Christian prayer gathering in Liberia's capital on Thursday, and there are fears the toll may rise.
- Local media reported on Thursday that the overnight disaster took place at the gathering held on a football field in New Kru Town, just north of Monrovia.
- Police spokesman Moses Carter said the death toll was provisional and “may increase” because a number of people were in critical condition.
