負傷兵・戦死者を輸送しに来たヘリが撃墜されたり

　それだけごっつい戦闘を抱えて隣国に軍事介入とか…いやまあせにゃあならんような事情があればやむを得ないんでしょうけども。

BBC Nigeria army helicopter crashes amid deadly attack 15 Aug 2023

　中部のNiger州で武装勢力と衝突。待ち伏せ攻撃で少なくとも13名が死亡、衝突全体で26名ほどは死亡したとか。ヘリに負傷兵7名・戦死者11名を乗せて離陸したら、これに攻撃があってヘリが墜落したとか。

「A Nigerian military helicopter sent to rescue wounded soldiers from a deadly attack in the central Niger state crashed on Monday, after was it was reportedly fired on by bandits.

More than a dozen soldiers area are said to have been killed in an ambush in the area where the army has been fighting armed groups.

Military sources were quoted by the AFP news agency as saying that at least 26 members of the Nigerian security forces were killed and eight wounded in the attack on Sunday.

Local media in Nigeria, however, reported that at least 13 soldiers had been killed in the ambush.

According to the AFP news agency, the rescue helicopter had been carrying 11 of the dead and seven of the wounded before the crash.」

　ナイジェリアは西アフリカの大国。この地方の治安維持の要。それでもこんな風に、国内は動揺しているのだという、そんな一例。にしてもかなりの大ごとだなこれ。