ウガンダ：数十年前の爆発物がくず鉄業者の手元で爆発？

　スクラップ・メタル、くず鉄業者が金属を溶かそうと熱してたら、これが1980年代の紛争時の爆発物だったらしく―少なくとも1名死亡。

BBC Blast kills scrap metal dealer in central Uganda 11 Nov 2021 By Patience Atuhaire

「A explosion has killed at least one person and injured two others in a small town in the central Ugandan district of Nakaseke, about two hours from the capital Kampala.

Eyewitnesses at the scene have told the BBC that the device was in a pile of scrap metal, and the blast killed the scrap metal dealer who was heating it to melt it.

Police have cordoned off the scene and have started investigations into the source of the explosive device.

A police spokesperson told the BBC that they believe the device might have been an old unexploded bomb.」

「Nakaseke is part of the Luweero Triangle, where most of the war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power in the 1980s was fought.」

　1980年代の戦闘ののこしもの―…まだまだ爆発力を残しているのだな。
　そんな戦争の残しものによる悲劇は時折発生する。そんな事例のメモを残しておいてみる。