ナイジェリア：Kaduna州Kirugaで280名以上の誘拐

　ここ数年はだいぶ集団誘拐は影を潜めていたところ、ここ最近になって急速に状況が悪化してきた感。

BBC Kuriga kidnap: More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted 8 Mar 2024 By Mansur Abubakar

　学校で朝、全校集会でもしてたんでしょう、校庭に生徒を集めてたらそこにギャングが乱入、ひとりを銃撃して病院送りにしつつ、大多数を誘拐。地元民衆がなんとか阻止しようとするも、そりゃあ無理が。

「More than 280 Nigerian school pupils have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, officials say.

The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30 GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said.

The students, between the ages of eight and 15, were taken away, along with a teacher, they added.」

　生徒は8歳から15歳。…神の抵抗軍的には全部利用対象だろうが、Boko Haramやその分派だとどうかなあ。幼女爆弾に使うには、ちょっと数が多すぎるし―性的利用で戦闘員の給料代わりというのにもやはりちょっと多すぎるような。まあ、身代金目的でしょうが、にしても数が多い。

「Kidnap gangs, known as bandits, have seized thousands of people in recent years, especially the north-west.

However, there had been a reduction in the mass abduction of children over the past year until this week.」

　単にバンディットと言われるようですからねー…純粋な犯罪集団としての認知しかないようなー…。

「The kidnapping comes days after dozens of women and children were feared kidnapped by the Boko Haram Islamist group while they were collecting firewood in north-eastern Nigeria.」

「Thursday's attack has been blamed on Ansaru, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, which kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014. Ansaru controls nearby areas.」

　まあ、Boko Haramの分派も元気に展開しているようですね。滅べさっさと。