DULUTH (The Thursday Times) — Minnesota House ki sabiq speaker Melissa Hortman aur un ke shauhar siyasi tanaw se bharpoor hamle mein halak.
US mein siyasi muharrikat par mabni tashaddud mein haulnaak izafe ke dauran, Minnesota House ki sabiq speaker Melissa Hortman aur un ke shauhar Mark Hortman ko Juma ki subah sawere Brooklyn Park mein un ke ghar par goli maar kar halak kar diya gaya. Hukkam ka kehna hai ke musallah hamla awar khud ko qanoon nafiz karne wale idare ka ahalkar zahir kar raha tha aur jhoote bahane se jore ke ghar mein zabardasti ghus gaya, phir us ne firing shuru kar di.
Is hamle ne poore sooba ko hila kar rakh diya hai aur yeh aik wasee silsile ka hissa lagta hai. Chand ghante pehle hi sooba ke senator John Hoffman aur un ki biwi ko bhi qareebi shehr Champlin mein un ki rihaish gah par goli maar kar zakhmi kar diya gaya tha. Donon hangami operation ke baad bach gaye aur filhal mustahkam haal mein hain. Hukkam ka khayal hai ke donon waqiaat ka zimmedar aik hi mushtabah shakhs hai.
Qanoon nafiz karne wale idaron ne bharpoor talash shuru kar di hai aur Brooklyn Park ke gird 3 meel ke dayre mein ghar ya mehfooz muqam par rehne ka hukm jari kiya hai. Mushtabah shakhs, jo body armour pehne hue tha, badge liye hue tha aur police jaisi lights wali gari chala raha tha, Hortman ke ghar par maujood police ahalkaron se firing ke tabadle mein ulajh gaya, lekin paidal farar ho gaya. Baad mein mushtabah shakhs ki gari ki talashi mein aik manshoor baramad hua jis mein doosri siyasi shakhsiyat ke naam darj thay, jis ke baad poore sooba mein security alert mein izafa kar diya gaya.
Minnesota ke Governor Tim Walz ne in qatlon ko "siyasi muharrikat par mabni qatl" aur "naqabil-e-bayan saniha" qarar diya, jabke unhon ne sarkari ahalkaron ko barhte hue khatrat ke pesh-e-nazar sukoon barqarar rakhne ki appeal ki. "Yeh sirf afrad par hamla nahin hai. Yeh jamhooriyat par hamla hai," Walz ne kaha, jinhon ne parchamon ko nisf jhukane aur poore sooba mein muntakhib numainadon ki security mein izafe ka hukm diya hai.
Is hamle ne U.S. mein awami ohdedaron ko darpesh barhte hue khatrat ke mahaul par mulk bhar mein gehri tashweesh paida kar di hai, jahan siyasi qutbbandi aur intehapasand bayanbazi ki jagah tezi se tashaddud leta ja raha hai. Numayan aawazon ne, jin mein sabiq Congresswoman aur bandooq ke tashaddud se bachne wali Gabrielle Giffords bhi shamil hain, in qatlon par ghusse ka izhar kiya aur inhein us khatarnak raaste ke liye khabardar karne wali alamat qarar diya jis par American siyasat chal rahi hai.
Melissa Hortman, Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party ki aik numayan rehnuma, Minnesota House ki Speaker raheen aur mausam, taleem aur masawat ke masail par apni shiddat se hamayat ke liye jani jati theen. Woh haal hi mein apne qanoon saz qiyadati kirdar se alag ho gayi theen, lekin siyasi taur par sargarm rahi theen.
