Emcimbini owawuseSri Lanka, indlovu eyayithukuthele yahlasela iqembu lababukeli. Ngenxa yalokhu, kwalimala abantu abayishumi nanye kwathi owesifazane oyedwa washona.
Ngokusho kwenhlangano yezindaba iXinhua, icaphuna imininingwane enikezwe ngamaphoyisa endawo, le nhlekelele yenzeke edolobheni laseRatnapura kusihlwa, lapho indlovu ibilungiselelwa ukubamba iqhaza embukisweni waminyaka yonke owenziwa amaBuddha asePerahera. Ngokuphazima kweso, umdondoshiya wahlasela isixuku sabantu esasihamba emigwaqweni sibabaza udwendwe lwenjabulo.
Ngokusho kwamaphoyisa, abantu abalishumi nambili bangeniswe esibhedlela, kwathi ngemuva kwesikhashana oyedwa wabashonile washonela esibhedlela ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo. Mangisho ukuthi izindlovu sekuyisikhathi eside zibambe iqhaza emikhosini ebibanjelwe eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, lapho igqoke izingubo ezahlukahlukene zokuhlobisa. Kodwa-ke, zikhona izehlakalo ezithile zezindlovu ezihlasela abantu. Njengomthetho, isizathu salokhu kuziphatha kwamakhosi asehlathini yisihluku sabashayeli.
Kukhona nezinkinga ngezindlovu zasendle, ezingaphansi kwengcindezi ekhulayo evela kubantu abahlala endaweni yabo. Isibonelo, kule ntwasahlobo, izindlovu eziningi zasendle zangena emiphakathini eseduze neKolkata (empumalanga yeNdiya). Ngenxa yalokhu, abantu abane bendawo babulawa kwathi abanye abaningi balimala.
