ブルキナファソ：モスクを武装集団が襲撃

　先日「ブルキナファソ：キリスト教の教会が襲撃されて15名死亡」（2024-02-26）の記事をメモしましたが。その直後にモスクが襲撃されたって聞けば、そりゃあ対立するキリスト教徒の過激派武装組織が報復で―と想像するじゃないですか。

BBC Burkina Faso mosque attack: Dozens killed during prayers 27 Feb 2024　By Natasha Booty

　…こっちもイスラム過激派の犯行（推定）ですってよ。

「Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso.

It was during early-morning prayers on Sunday that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town.

"The victims were all Muslims, most of them men," a local resident told the AFP news agency.」

「Reports say the attackers were Islamist fighters who also targeted soldiers and a self-defence militia stationed locally that same day.」

　モスクを包囲してマシンガンで
　…マシンガンで？

「Local media describe (in French) a huge invasion by hundreds of machine gun-wielding insurgents on motorbikes.」

　…マシンガンだよ…なんでそんなに殺意髙いの…。

「Unverified reports on social media suggest the death toll from the mosque attack could be much higher than the count given by officials.」

　犠牲者数は公的機関が発表したより多いだろ、との見込み。

「That same day, at least 15 worshippers were killed in an attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in Essakane in the north-east. A church official said suspected Islamist militants were to blame.」

　…こういうのを制圧するためにこそ軍事クーデターをしでかし、人道的にうるさいフランス軍を追い出したんだろうに、なんだいこの微妙な悪化具合…。