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過激派組織「イスラム国」を名乗るグループに拘束された後藤健二さんとみられる動画が、1月24日午後11時過ぎ、ネット上に投稿された。声明の中でイスラム国が後藤さんと引き換えに解放を求めているのが、サジダ・リシャウィという女性だ。いったいどんな人物なのか。
これまでの報道を総合すると、リシャウィは1970年生まれ、イラク出身。2005年11月にヨルダンの首都、アンマンでおよそ60人が死亡した連続爆破テロの実行犯の一人で、ヨルダン当局から死刑宣告を受け、現在ヨルダン政府の管理下にある。アンマンの事件では夫ともに自爆テロを試みたが、夫のみが死亡。自らは生き残った。
アンマンのテロはイスラム国の前身となる「イラクのアルカイダ」の犯行とされ、グループを率いたザルカウィ容疑者は、リシャウィ死刑囚の親族だとみられている。ザルカウィ容疑者は2004年にイラクを旅行していた日本人の青年を拉致、殺害したとされるテロリスト。ザルカウィ容疑者は2006年、アメリカの空爆により死亡した。
サジダ・リシャウィ
(FILES) TV grabs taken from the Jordania(01 of12)
Amman, JORDAN: (FILES) TV grabs taken from the Jordanian TV shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, 35, who accompanied her husband on a suicide mission in Amman and failed to detonate her explosive belt, displaying her belt during a televised confession 13 November 2005. A Jordanian military court sentenced Rishawi to death during a trial in Amman 21 September 2006. \'The court has decided to sentence to death by hanging Sajida al-Rishawi for conspiracy to carry out terror acts\' that lead to the death of 60 individuals in the November 2005 bombings, the head of the court said today. Rishawi, dressed in blue with a black scarf covering her head, remained impassive. AFP PHOTO/JORDANIAN TV (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
JORDAN TERRORISM(02 of12)
** FILE ** This image made from Jordan state television on April, 24, 2006 shows alleged suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi. The Jordanian public prosecutor has called on Sunday, July, 9, 2006 for the death penalty against alleged would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi over last November\'s triple bombings of Amman hotels in which 60 people died.(AP Photo/Jordan Television) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN TERRORISM(03 of12)
This image made from Jordan television Monday, April, 24, 2006. shows Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi. Veiled and speaking in a low voice, the woman suicide-bomber who failed to blow herself up in a Jordanian hotel last year went on trial Monday charged for the attacks that killed 63 people. Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, 35, is standing trial for the near simultaneous attacks on three hotels in Amman on Nov. 9 in which she, her husband and two other suicide bombers took part. Al-Rishawi\'s explosives-belt failed to detonate and she was arrested after fleeing the scene. On Monday she stood in the dock alone as she is the only one of the eight defendants who is in custody. (AP Photo/Jordan Television) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN TERRORISM(04 of12)
Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi confesses on JordanianTV on Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 about her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida. Jordan\'s military prosecutor plans to indict al-Qaida in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and 10 others for last year\'s hotel bombings in the capital that killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Jordanian TV) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Iraq Female Suicide Bombers(05 of12)
** FILE ** This image made from television shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi opening her jacket and showing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state-run television to her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida in this Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 file photo. Three female suicide bombers detonated themselves in a spate of weeks, killing and injuring dozens as U.S.-led coalition forces catch insurgents suspected of training women to become human bombs. Women appear to be used as human bombs as coalition forces push extremists out from former strongholds, shrinking their pool of potential recruits, and forcing them to devise alternative methods to penetrate stiffened security measures, said Diaa Rashwan, who follows Islamic militancy for Egypt\'s Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. (AP Photo/Jordanian TV, File) ** JORDAN OUT TV OUT ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN WOMAN BOMBER(06 of12)
Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi is seen wearing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state run TV. Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 about her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida. Fifty-seven people were killed on Wednesday\'s attack on three Amman hotels. It can not be confirmed that this is the actual belt used in the failed attempt on Wednesday . (AP Photo/Jordanian TV) ** JORDAN OUT TV OUT ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN WOMAN BOMBER(07 of12)
This image made from television shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi opening her jacket and showing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state-run television Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 to her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida. Fifty-seven people were killed on Wednesday\'s attack on three Amman hotels. It can not be confirmed that this is the actual belt used in the failed attempt on Wednesday . (AP Photo/Jordanian TV) ** JORDAN OUT TV OUT ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN WOMAN BOMBER(08 of12)
Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi is seen wearing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state run TV. Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 about her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida. Fifty-seven people were killed on Wednesday\'s attack on three Amman hotels. It can not be confirmed that this is the actual belt used in the failed attempt on Wednesday . (AP Photo/Jordanian TV) ** JORDAN OUT TV OUT ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JORDAN WOMAN BOMBER(09 of12)
Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi confesses on Jordanian state run TV. Sunday Nov. 13, 2005 about her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al-Qaida. Fifty-seven people were killed on Wednesday\'s attack on three Amman hotels. (AP Photo/Jordanian TV) ** JORDAN OUT TV OUT ** (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A Jordanian woman walks past a soldier s(10 of12)
Amman, JORDAN: A Jordanian woman walks past a soldier standing guard outside the courtroom where Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi was sentenced to death by a Jordanian military court in Amman 21 September 2006. Rishawi, a failed female suicide bomber for triple hotel attacks in Amman last year that killed 60 people and shook one of the most stable nations in the Middle East, remained impassive in her metal cage throughout the hearing. Her defence lawyer Hussein al-Masri told AFP he would appeal. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KHALIL MAZRAAWI via Getty Images)
(FILES) -- A TV grab taken from the Jord(11 of12)
Amman, JORDAN: (FILES) -- A TV grab taken from the Jordanian TV 13 November 2005 shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarak al-Rishawi, 35, who accompanied her husband on a suicide mission to the Radisson Hotel and failed to detonate her explosive belt. The lawyer of the Iraqi would-be female suicide bomber said 14 May 2006 he will demand a medical evaluation of his client whom he said suffers from psychological problems. The evaluation was necessary before the trial of Rishawi over deadly hotel bombings in Amman last year could resume as planned tomorrow, Hussein al-Masri told AFP. AFP PHOTO/JORDANIAN TV (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
Jordanians Cope With Aftermath Of Suicide Attacks(12 of12)
AMMAN, JORDAN - NOVEMBER 13. This frame grab from Jordanian state run TV taken on November 13, 2005 shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi confessing to her failed attempt to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels. The attacks on November 9 left at least 60 dead and injured over one hundred people. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Marco Di Lauro via Getty Images)
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