Taliyaha booliska gobolka Mandheera ayaa sheegay in weerarka lagu qaaday gaari ay la socdeen shaqaale dhisme.
Ugu yaraan siddeed qof ayaa ku dhintay weerar gaadmo ah oo Talaadadii lagu qaaday gaari ay la socdeen shaqaale dhisme oo marayay waqooyi-bari Kenya, sida ay boolisku sheegeen. Weerarka ayaa dhacay abaare 7:00 subaxnimo, sida uu wakaaladda wararka AFP u sheegay sarkaal sare oo ka tirsan booliska.
Weerarka iyo goobta uu ka dhacay
Taliyaha booliska gobolka Mandheera, Robinson Ndiwa, ayaa sheegay in kooxda kormeeraysay dhismaha waddada Mandheera-Arabia-Lafey lagu weeraray deegaanka Hagarsu. Wuxuu sheegay in weerarka uu dhacay abaare 7:00 subaxnimo, isla markaana uu ka dhacay waddada Mandheera-Arabia-Fino-Lafey-Elwak ee ku teedsan xadka Kenya iyo Soomaaliya. Dadka deegaanka ayaa sheegay in rag aad u hubaysan ay xireen waddada ka hor inta aysan rasaas ku furin gaariga.
Tirada dadka dhintay iyo hadalka taliyaha
Ndiwa ayaa xaqiijiyay in weerarka lagu dilay laba ka tirsan Ciidanka Booliska Kaydka Qaranka (NPR) iyo lix qof oo rayid ah. Wuxuu kaloo sheegay in sababta ka dambeysa weerarka aanay illaa hadda si rasmi ah loo ogeyn, balse hay'adaha amniga dalka la abaabulay si ay u baadi-goobaan una soo qabtaan kooxihii weerarka geystay. Taliyuhu wuxuu sheegay in weerarka lagu rusheeyay rasaas.
Weerarro hore oo ka dhacay gobolka Mandheera
Gobolka Mandheera ayaa horey ula kulmay weerarro soo noqnoqday. Bishii Luulyo ee sanadkan, shan qof oo ay ku jireen afar askari oo boolis ah ayaa lagu dilay weerar gaadmo ah oo lala beegsaday gaari roondo ah oo marayay meel u dhow magaalada Lafey, qiyaastii 10 kiiloomitir u jirta xadka Soomaaliya. Sanadkii 2019, Al-Shabaab ayaa Hagarsu Bida ku qarxiyay mishiinada dhismaha waddada oo la sheegay in qiimahoodu gaarayay Sh39.8 milyan.
Mandera County Police Commander Robinson Ndiwa says the motive is not yet established and security agencies are pursuing the attackers.
Eight people were killed on Tuesday in an attack on a vehicle carrying construction workers in northeast Kenya near the Somali border, according to police accounts. The victims included two police reservists, five construction workers and a driver, a police commander said.
Ambush on the Mandera road
Mandera County Police Commander Robinson Ndiwa said the attack occurred at about 7 a.m. in Hagarsu, along the Mandera-Arabia-Fino-Lafey-Elwak road on the Kenya-Somalia border. Residents reported seeing heavily armed assailants block the road before opening fire on the vehicle. A senior police officer told AFP the attack happened at about 7:00 a.m.
Conflicting accounts of the toll
Ndiwa said, "We lost seven people including two National Police Reservists after they were ambushed by suspected Al-Shabaab militants. Their vehicle was sprayed with bullets as they headed to work." He also confirmed that the attack killed two National Police Reservists and six civilians. Another account, citing police, put the death toll at eight, including two police reservists.
Investigation and earlier attacks
Ndiwa said the motive had yet to be established. "We don’t know the motive yet, as the area has remained calm for quite some time. We have launched investigations as combined security agencies pursue the attackers, who retreated into the nearby thickets," he said. The area recorded its worst attack on Dec. 2, 2014, when 36 quarry miners were killed. In July of this year, five people, including four police officers, were killed in an ambush near Lafey.
