ブルキナファソ：2村落への攻撃、44名死亡

　イスラム過激派による攻撃とみられる。

BBC Dozens killed in 'barbaric' Burkina Faso attacks 9 Apr 2023

　犯行声明は出ていないとのこと。

「Some 44 people have been killed after two deadly attacks in northern Burkina Faso on Thursday, officials have said.

The twin attacks happened in the villages of Kourakou and Tondobi in the Sahel region, near the Niger border.

No group has admitted to carrying out the attacks, but jihadist violence is common in the area and officials have blamed "armed terrorist groups".

Militant groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS) are known to operate in the region.」

　攻撃の理由は微妙にしょぼく、どうも数日前に家畜を盗もうとしたああいやおそらく悪からの保護に対する正当な税収を回収しようとしたんでしょう、ええ、まあ、そんなイスラム聖戦士たちが村人に取っつかまってリンチされた報復らしい。

　もうちょっと格好の付く何かしらを案出すると、国外の現地政府嫌いの人たちが勝手に弁護をしてくれるぞ。

「AFP has also reported that the killings were in retaliation for the lynching of two jihadists who had tried to steal cattle a few days earlier.」

　ほらほら、政府からのダイナミック・オッフェンシブが予定されているから、その機先を制するためのなんかしらだとかなんとか。

「His new military chief, Col Celestin Simpore, vowed earlier this week to step up a "dynamic offensive" to counter the jihadists.

But Capt Traoré has also requested that French troops leave the country and there has been widespread speculation that he might start working with Russian mercenaries.」