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U-Assad akazange afinyelele eminyakeni engu-40, nakuba echithe ishumi leminyaka evulekile kwase kubi ukubukeka kwakhe. Isidumbu sakhe sivele namhlanje ekuseni sinezimpawu zodlame kumuntu ophatha imali eCalle Horta eBarcelona, lapho ayephila khona kabi. Uhlale ephethe ibhokisi lewayini, nama-headphones ukuze alalele umculo, ngakho akazange ayeke ukudansa. "Bekungakaze kube nenkinga," izakhamuzi eziningi zomakhelwane zichazela i-ABC.
Manje abeMossos d'Esquadra baphenya ngezimbangela zokushona kwakhe, ngethemba lokuthi imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwesidumbu izocacisa ukuthi kube khona ukuhlasela. Omakhelwane bathole ekuseni, ngesikhathi bebona kusetshenziswa amaphoyisa nentambo ebavimba ukuthi basondele kule ndawo. Wayeneminyaka ehlala kule ndawo yenhloko-dolobha yaseCatalan.
“Akakaze axabane namuntu. Ngobusuku obudlule ngimbone embozwe ngengubo, wangingenisa ukuze athole imali,” kusho uPau Álvarez, phambi komnyango wegatsha lasebhange.
Eceleni kwakhe, uJulia, manje osethathe umhlalaphansi, uqinisekisa indaba yale nsizwa. “Akuzange kube yinkinga. Ubehlale ephethe ibhokisi lewayini futhi edansa egqoke izigqoko zakhe”. Kulelo khadibhodi bashiye amakhandlela nama roses abomvu. UGloria ubeke enye yazo, ecishe ekhala. “Bengihlale ngimbona uma ngidlula lapha ehlala ecula,” echaza.
Izakhamuzi zaseHorta zigaya ngokungakholwa, futhi umhlaziyi uyaphinda: "Ukuphuza njalo, ukudansa futhi ukugqoka izigqoko", kodwa akukho ukuphikisana okukodwa kuyo yonke le minyaka. “Kuyihlazo, ukuhlala emgwaqeni kufana nokufa okwabikezelwa, kodwa usengumuntu…” UMonica uyabubula, phambi kwesitolo sezingubo eduze komuntu obeka imali, odonga lwaso lufundeka kanje: “Hasta Siempre, Assad. Phumula makhelwane."
“Ukuba semgwaqweni kusho ukuthatha leyo ngozi. Kwalandela izimpi nokuhlaselwa. Into ebingeke yenzeke endlini,” kuzikhalela uFerran Busquets, umongameli wakwa-Arrels. Inhlangano enakekela abantu abangenamakhaya e-Barcelona, amaphesenti angu-46 abathi baye baba izisulu zobudlova obuthile, kungaba ngokomzimba noma ngamazwi, kuyilapho belele kanzima.
Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, abantu abayishumi abangenamakhaya bashonile e-Barcelona. Okusho ukufa okukodwa njalo ezinsukwini eziyisishiyagalolunye. Kubo, abahlanu babesemgwaqweni.
