Ngo-Agasti 27, owabulala umfowabo kaMengameli waseMelika uJohn F Kennedy, uRobert F Kennedy, wanikezwa ushwele. I- umbulali , USirhan Sirhan, udonse iminyaka engu-53 yesigwebo sakhe.
Waqale wanikezwa isigwebo sentambo, washintshelwa odilikajele ngemuva kokuthi iCalifornia isula isigwebo sentambo ngo-1972. Ukuqulwa kwecala ngoLwesihlanu (Agasti 27) kwaba ukulalelwa kukashwele kukaSirhan ka-16.
Indodana kaRobert F Kennedy uDouglas Kennedy utshele i- I-Associated Press ,
'Ngiyabonga namhlanje ukumbona [uSirhan Sirhan] njengomuntu ofanelwe uzwelo nothando.'
Khonamanjalo, umfowabo uRobert F Kennedy Jr ukhulume encwadini yakhe eya ebhodini likashwele:
'Yize kungekho noyedwa umuntu ongakhuluma ngokusobala egameni likababa, ngikholelwa ngokuqinile ekutheni ngokuzibophezela kwakhe ekulungiseni ubulungiswa kanye nobulungiswa, ukuthi uzolikhuthaza kakhulu leli bhodi ukuthi limkhulule uMnu Sirhan ngenxa yerekhodi elihle likaSirhan lokuvuselela.'
Yize uSirhan enikezwe ushwele, akuqinisekisi ngenkululeko yakhe okwamanje. Ababuyekezi ababili bathathe isinqumo ngoshwele wakhe, obekulindeleke ukuthi ubuyekezwe yibhodi lonke ezinsukwini eziyi-120 ezizayo.
Ngemuva kwalokhu, umbusi waseCalifornia kuzofanele asivume noma asiphikise isinqumo ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezingama-30.
Ngubani uSirhan Sirhan, futhi uneminyaka emingaki namuhla?
Lesi sigwebo sazalelwa eJerusalema, ePalestine Egunyaziwe, ngoMashi 19, 1944, samenza waba neminyaka engama-77 ubudala. Wazalwa nguSirhan Bishara Sirhan, watholakala enecala lokubulala uSenator waseMelika kanye nosopolitiki uRobert F Kennedy e-Ambassador Hotel eLos Angeles, eCalifornia, ngoJuni 5, 1968.
IPalestine livela emndenini wama-Arabhu angamaSulumane, kanti uSirhan waba yisakhamuzi saseJordania ngenkathi iJordani ithatha iPalestina Ebophezelekile.
USirhan Sirhan wathuthela e-USA ngo-1956 nomndeni wakhe. Wahlala eNew York futhi ikakhulu ePasadena, eCalifornia, waze waboshwa.
Ngokusho kukaSirhan, wabulala uRobert F Kennedy ngokumeseka U-Israyeli ngokumelene nePalestine nokuthumela [izindiza zempi] ezingama-50 kwa-Israyeli ngokuziphindiselela nePalestine.
Ngesikhathi kulalelwa icala, ebuzwa ngombono wakhe nge-Israel namuhla, kubikwa ukuthi uSirhan wakhala futhi wathi:
Usizi labo bantu ababhekene nalo. Kubuhlungu. '
Uma uSirhan ededelwa, angahle adingiselwe eJordani. Umdala oneminyaka engu-77 utshele iBhodi yeParole:
'Ngeke ngiphinde ngizibeke engcupheni. Unesibambiso sami. Ngizohlala ngibheke ukuphepha, ukuthula nokungabi nodlame. '
USirhan Sirhan uphinde waveza ukuthi angathanda ukuhlala nengane yakubo engaboni eCalifornia.
