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ナイジェリアで女性や子ども172人拉致、ボコ・ハラムの犯行か
ナイジェリア北東部グムスリの住民によると、銃で武装した集団が女性と子ども１７２人を拉致し、３５人を殺害した。犯行声明は出ていないが、イスラム過激派組織ボコ・ハラムの犯行とみられている。住民が１８日に明らかにしたところでは、武装集団は１４日にグムスリを襲撃したという。
政府の報道官は「強い怒りと深い悲しみを感じている」とし、「ボコ・ハラムは恐怖を広めるため、民間人を標的にし続けている」と非難した。死者数については１７人と推計した。
治安筋は、１００人以上が拉致され、３５人が死亡したとしている。
ボコ・ハラムは４月、グムスリから２４キロ離れたチボクの学校で女子学生ら２００人以上を拉致した。
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai gives a press conference on July 14, 2014 after meeting with the Nigerian president in Abuja. Malala on July 14 urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped three months ago by Boko Haram. Malala, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 and has become a champion for access to schooling, was in Abuja on her 17th birthday to mark the somber anniversary of Boko Haram\'s April 14 abduction of 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeast Nigerian city of Chibok. AFP PHOTO / WOLE EMMANUEL (Photo credit should read WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WOLE EMMANUEL via Getty Images)
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai (2nd R) shakes hands on July 14, 2014 with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (R) next to her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai (2nd L), and Malala Fund committee member Shiza Shahid (L) at the State House in Abuja. Malala on July 14 urged Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped three months ago by Boko Haram. Malala, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 and has become a champion for access to schooling, was in Abuja on her 17th birthday to mark the somber anniversary of Boko Haram\'s April 14 abduction of 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeast Nigerian city of Chibok. AFP PHOTO / WOLE EMMANUEL\n (Photo credit should read WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WOLE EMMANUEL via Getty Images)
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai (C) speaks with Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (L) as Foreign Minister Viola Onwuliri (R) stands by on July 14, 2014 at the State House in Abuja. Malala on July 14 met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and urged him to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped three months ago by Boko Haram. Malala, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 and has become a champion for access to schooling, was in Abuja on her 17th birthday to mark the somber anniversary of Boko Haram\'s April 14 abduction of 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeast Nigerian city of Chibok. AFP PHOTO / WOLE EMMANUEL (Photo credit should read WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WOLE EMMANUEL via Getty Images)
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai (2nd R) listens to Malala Fund committee member Shiza Shahid (2nd L) as she arrives on July 14, 2014 at the State House in Abuja to meet the Nigerian president. Malala on July 14 urged President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped three months ago by Boko Haram. Malala, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 and has become a champion for access to schooling, was in Abuja on her 17th birthday to mark the somber anniversary of Boko Haram\'s April 14 abduction of 276 girls from a secondary school in the northeast Nigerian city of Chibok. AFP PHOTO / WOLE EMMANUEL (Photo credit should read WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WOLE EMMANUEL via Getty Images)
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ABUJA, NIGERIA - JULY 13: Pakistani campaigner for education right Malala Yousafzai (R) meets with the families of the Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in Abuja, Nigeria on July 13, 2014. Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012 for campaigning for better rights for girls. (Photo by stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Some of the Chibok schoolgirls who escaped their Boko Haram Islamist captors wait to meet the Nigerian president at the presidency in Abuja on July 22, 2014. A delegation of more than 150 people from Chibok, including some of the 57 girls who escaped their Islamist captors, parents of the hostages as well as Chibok community leaders met President Goodluck Jonathan and other top officials of the government for the first time since the girls were seized. AFP PHOTO/WOLE EMMANUEL (Photo credit should read WOLE EMMANUEL/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:WOLE EMMANUEL via Getty Images)
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ABUJA, NIGERIA - JULY 22: Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan (not seen) has met some of the parents of Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants in the country\'s northeastern region, a full 99 days after the mass abduction, and 51 of the 57 classmates who managed to escape from their captors, in Abuja, Nigeria on July 22, 2014. (Photo by Macjohn Akande/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Nigerian Muslims pray on July 28, 2014 at the National Stadium parking lot in Lagos, during celebrations of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the fasting holy month of Ramadan. A female suicide bomber killed several people in northern Nigeria\'s Kano city on July 28, witnesses said, after weekend violence blamed on Boko Haram forced authorities to cancel festivities marking a major Muslim holiday. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIUS UTOMI EKPEI via Getty Images)
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A young Muslim holding her prayer rug arrives on July 28, 2014 at the National Stadium\'s parking lot, in Surulere, Lagos, during celebrations of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. A female suicide bomber killed several people in northern Nigeria\'s Kano city today, witnesses said, after weekend violence blamed on Boko Haram forced authorities to cancel festivities marking a major Muslim holiday. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIUS UTOMI EKPEI via Getty Images)
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Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo (L) and former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler take part to the inauguration of the temporary exhibition \'Bring Back Our Girls\' as part of the worldwide Bring Back Our Girls campaign, on Place de la Republique in Paris on July 28, 2014. The exhibition shows 220 chained silhouette sets, each bearing the name of one of the missing girls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamist militants in the remote northeastern town of Chibok on April 14. A total of 276 girls were kidnapped, attracting worldwide condemnation and prompting an international rescue effort. Of that number, 219 are nonetheless still held captive after others managed to escape. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE ANDRIEU (Photo credit should read PIERRE ANDRIEU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE ANDRIEU via Getty Images)
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Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler shows her T-shirt reading \'Bring back our girls, secure walking school\' during the inauguration of the temporary exhibition \'Bring Back Our Girls\' as part of the worldwide Bring Back Our Girls campaign, on Place de la Republique in Paris on July 28, 2014. The exhibition, inaugurated by Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler, shows 220 silhouette sets, each bearing the name of one of the missing girls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamist militants in the remote northeastern town of Chibok on April 14. A total of 276 girls were kidnapped, attracting worldwide condemnation and prompting an international rescue effort. Of that number, 219 are nonetheless still held captive after others managed to escape. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE ANDRIEU (Photo credit should read PIERRE ANDRIEU/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:PIERRE ANDRIEU via Getty Images)
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ABUJA, NIGERIA - AUGUST 22: A protestor marches under \'\'Bring back our girls\'\' campaign for the missing Nigerian girls in Abuja, Nigeria on August 22, 2014. On April 14, Boko Haram militants abducted dozens of schoolgirls in Chibok town of Borno. Only about 54 of the girls have returned, while authorities say about 219 remain missing. (Photo by Mac John Akende/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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ABUJA, NIGERIA - AUGUST 22: Protestors march by shouting slogans under \'\'Bring back our girls\'\' campaign for the missing Nigerian girls in Abuja, Nigeria on August 22, 2014. On April 14, Boko Haram militants abducted dozens of schoolgirls in Chibok town of Borno. Only about 54 of the girls have returned, while authorities say about 219 remain missing. (Photo by Mac John Akende/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA - SEPTEMBER 9: People, fled from Bama, Konduga and Damboa villages of northern Nigeria due to the clashes between Nigerian security forces and Boko Haram militants, take shelter at an orientation camp held in a state secondary school for girls under the control of National Youth Service Corps (NSYC) in Maiduguri, Nigeria on September 9, 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Abba/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)