 Ayro is believed to have been wounded in the attack and perhaps killed.Also on that day, the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for African affairs, Theresa Whelan, clarified the airstrike conducted on January 8 was not the work of the CJTF-HOA, but of another force which she did not specify.The target of the strike was confirmed to be Aden Hashi Farah Ayro, who was believed wounded or possibly dead, while eight members of his group were killed in the attack.