死刑囚・終身刑囚人を収容する刑務所で銃撃戦

　10名死亡。うち収容者は4名とのこと。脱走者はなし、という：

「Mr Mukhtar said none of the prisoners had managed to escape.

He said four militants were killed in the shoot-out.」

　これはモガディシュの、死刑囚や終身刑受刑者、さらにはこれから死刑を宣告される予定の被告といった、そういう意味での大物を収容する施設でのこと。当然武器弾薬は厳しく規制するところ、どうも警備員をうまくしばきあげて「武器を奪うための武器」を入手した様子。

BBC Al-Shabab militants in shoot-out in Somalia prison 11 Aug 2020

「At least 10 people have been killed in a shoot-out between jailed militant Islamists and security officers at a prison in Somalia, government spokesman Ismail Mukhtar has said.

The al-Shabab militants had attempted to escape from the heavily guarded prison in the capital, Mogadishu.

An investigation is under way into how the militants obtained weapons.」

「Some reports suggested that an inmate managed to disarm a warden and then a group of them raided the armoury.」

「The most dangerous al-Shabab militants are kept in the prison, including those serving life sentences or awaiting execution after being sentenced to death.

Inmates had also attempted to break out of the prison in 2017, and the government was under pressure to prevent further such incidents, our reporter adds.」

　2017年にも脱獄の試みがあったということで、そのようなことが再び起こることのないように厳しく監視―というわけではあるが、そりゃまあねえ、何年かにいっぺんくらいは、そりゃあありましょう。