Ugu yaraan shan askari oo ka tirsan ciidamada ammaanka Kenya ayaa lagu dilay weerar gaadmo ah oo ay kooxda Al-Shabaab ku qaaday degmada Mandera ee waqooyi-bari Kenya, meel u dhow xadka Soomaaliya.
Sida ay sheegeen booliska Kenya, weerarka ayaa dhacay Talaadadii xilli cutub ka tirsan ciidamada howlgalka gaarka ah (Special Operations Group) ay roondo ka wadeen deegaanka Wantey Dam, oo qiyaastii lix kiiloomitir u jira saldhigga booliska ee Lafey.
Wararka ayaa sheegaya in shanta askari ay ku dhinteen rasaastii weerarka bilowga ahayd. Intii gurmad loo dirayay goobta, gaari gaashaaman oo ay wateen ciidamadii gurmadka ahaa ayaa la kulmay miino waddada dhinaceeda lagu aasay, taas oo burburisay gaariga. Inkastoo gaariga uu burburay, saraakiishu waxay sheegeen inaan wax khasaare nafeed ah ka dhalan qaraxaasi.
Kooxda Al-Shabaab ayaa warbaahinteeda ku sheegatay mas’uuliyadda weerarka, iyadoo sheegtay in uu fuliyay garabka hubeysan ee kooxda.
Weerarkan ayaa noqonaya mid ka mid ah kuwii ugu khasaaraha badnaa ee toddobaadyadii u dambeeyay ka dhaca gobolka Mandera.
Horraantii bishan, ciidamada Kenya ayaa sheegay inay dileen 11 dagaalyahan oo looga shakisan yahay Al-Shabaab kadib howlgal laga fuliyay deegaanka xadka ku dhow. Sidoo kale, 24-kii Luulyo waxaa weerarro lagu qaaday laba tuulo oo isla gobolkaas ku yaalla.
Al-Shabaab, oo xiriir la leh ururka Al-Qaacida, ayaa muddo ku dhow labaatan sano dagaal kula jirtay dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya, waxayna marar badan weerarro ka fulisay gudaha Kenya tan iyo markii ciidamada Kenya ay gudaha u galeen Soomaaliya sanadkii 2011.
Weerarkan ayaa kusoo beegmaya xilli hoggaamiyeyaasha dalalka ciidamadu ka joogaan howlgalka Midowga Afrika ee Soomaaliya ay isku diyaarinayaan shir looga arrinsanayo mustaqbalka howlgalka, kadib markii Mareykanku uu ku dhawaaqay inuu dhimayo taageeradii saadka ee howlgalkaasi.