As a consequence, the regime’s police forces responded with a repressive operation which began days prior, resulting in the arrests of countless of these women throughout all of the island’s provinces. 
Matokeo yake, vikosi vya polisi vya nchi hiyo vilijibu mapigo kwa operesheni maalumu ya kikandamizi iliyoanza siku chache kabla, na kusababisha kukamatwa kwa idadi kubwa ya wanawake hawa katika majimbo yote ya kisiwa hicho.