Zamfara：banditsが村々を次々に襲撃

　Zamfaraを全面情報封鎖してまで反乱勢力・ならず者を一掃しようとした大作戦。おかげもあってしばらく小康状態だったようだが、この度、banditsが戻ってきたようで。村々を次々襲撃、手向かうvigilantsを血祭りにあげて諸村落に大被害を。

BBC Nigerian motorbike gangs in deadly village raids 7 Jan 2022 By Chris Ewokor

　数十からの地元民が死亡・殺害。報道によっては100人以上とか。ここ数か月では最大の襲撃。

「Dozens of residents have reportedly been killed by gunmen who raided several communities in the Anka and Bukkuyum areas of Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state.

Some villagers told the BBC that many motorbike-riding bandits attacked villages, shooting indiscriminately and setting houses on fire.

This appears to be one of the biggest attacks by gunmen on villages in Zamfara in recent months.」

　バイクに乗って襲来し、無差別銃撃して人は殺すわ家々を焼くわ、完璧に『北斗の拳』のモヒカン軍団である。

「Multiple sources have given different casualty figures - some have put the number of the dead at more than 100.」

　火曜夜に始まり、水曜にかけて、次々と村々を襲撃。

「The attacks are said to have started on Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday as the gunmen moved from one village to another.」

「A number of vigilantes from some of the affected communities were killed as they tried to repel the attackers.」

　情報封鎖―通信網を封鎖したというのは、こういう山賊連中がそんな巧妙なネットワークを構築していたからであり―しかしなあ、そうして構築したネットワークで動物（家畜）を奪う―という文字列が出るあたり、現地の経済的苦境が目に見えて…。

「They are sophisticated networks of criminals who operate across large swathes of territory, often stealing animals, kidnapping for ransom and killing those who confront them.」