南ア：コプト教会の聖職者3名が刺殺される

　南アにもエジプト人コミュニティがあるわけなんでしょう。そりゃあコプト教会もあるだろう。そしたら聖職者さんが突如襲撃され、3名死亡。なんでだ。

BBC Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in South Africa monastery 13 Mar 2024　By Gloria Aradi

　…なんでか分からない。物取りではない。目撃者によれば、貴重品らしきものを持って行ったふうではない。

「Three Egyptian Coptic monks have been "brutally killed" inside a monastery in South Africa, the Church has said.

Father Takla Moussa, Father Minah ava Marcus and Father Youstos ava Marcus were murdered early on Tuesday, the South African Archdiocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement.

An Egyptian member of the Church has been arrested as a possible suspect.

The murder has sent shockwaves throughout the Coptic Orthodox community in South Africa and beyond.」

「They were killed at the Saint Mark and Saint Samuel the Confessor monastery located in Cullinan, a small town 30 km (18 miles) east of the capital, Pretoria.

All three were discovered with stab wounds, provincial police spokesperson Col Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.

A survivor told the police he was hit by an iron rod but managed to escape and hide.

The police are still trying to determine the motive for the killings, Col Nevhuhulwi said, adding that the attackers "reportedly left the scene without taking any valuable item(s)".」

　内外にショックを与えた―というのだが、そりゃあショックだろう。せめて物取りとかなんとか、そういう理由があってくれないとあまりに理解不能である。イスラム過激派の仕業なら、それなりの叫び声位挙げるだろう。それもないらしい。

　…暴力騒擾が進みつつあるようで、どうも不穏な昨今である。