Imirwano ikomeje gufata indi ntera mu gace ka Masisi muri Nord-Kivu, aho kuri uyu wa Gatanu havuzwe imirwano ikomeye hafi y’agace ka Nyabiondo. Amakuru aturuka mu baturage bahatuye avuga ko intambara iri kuba mu buryo bw’urusobe, ihuza ibitero by’indege zitagira abapilote (drones) n’imirwano yo ku butaka.
Abaturage bavuganye n’itangazamakuru batangaje ko urusaku rw’ibisasu bikomeye n’amasasu rwumvikanye kuva mu gitondo, bamwe bagahitamo guhunga ingo zabo.
Umwe mu bahatuye yagize ati: “Turumva drones ziguruka hejuru, hanyuma hakumvikana ibiturika. Abantu benshi bahise bahunga.”
Imirwano ihanganishije ingabo za Leta ya Congo, zizwi nka FARDC, n’umutwe wa AFC/M23. Impande zombi zishinjanya gutangiza ibitero, mu gihe abaturage ari bo bakomeje kugirwaho ingaruka zikomeye.
Amakuru atangwa n’ibitangazamakuru bitandukanye birimo Radio Okapi agaragaza ko hari abasivile bakomerekeye muri iyo mirwano, ndetse ibikorwa remezo bimwe byangiritse. Gusa imibare nyakuri y’abahitanwe n’iyo mirwano ntiramenyekana neza kubera ko kugera mu gace kaberamo imirwano bikigoranye.
Inkuru yatangajwe na BBC News ivuga ko intambara iri kubera muri Masisi ari uruhurirane rw’ibitero byo mu kirere hifashishijwe drones n’imirwano y’amasasu hagati y’ingabo zihanganye ku butaka, ibintu byerekana ko uburyo bw’intambara buri kurushaho guhinduka no gukomera.
Ibi bibaye mu gihe hari hashize iminsi havugwa ibiganiro bigamije kugabanya ubushyamirane mu burasirazuba bwa Congo, ariko imirwano yongeye kubura imbaraga, isiga abaturage mu gihirahiro n’ubwoba.
Abasesenguzi bavuga ko niba nta gikozwe mu maguru mashya, iyi mirwano ishobora gukomeza gukaza umurego, bigatuma ikibazo cy’impunzi n’ihungabana mu baturage kirushaho kwiyongera mu karere ka Masisi no mu duce tugikikije.