ケニア：増税反対デモ参加者が銃撃を受け、死亡

　太ももに銃弾を受けて出血多量。病院につく前に死亡していた模様。

BBC Anger after protester shot dead at Kenya anti-tax demos 3 days ago
By Wycliffe Muia

　ケニアでは増税が繰り返されているようで、日々のパンにまで高額の税をかけられそうになってデモが頻発。警察は催涙ガスで鎮圧をはかるが―なんでかしらんが実弾が混じっていた様子。

「Anti-tax protesters in Kenya are in shock after a 29-year-old man was killed during nationwide demonstrations against a new finance bill.

Rex Kanyike Masai, who was protesting on Thursday in the centre of Nairobi, died of gunshot wounds, a doctor from a hospital in the capital has told a local newspaper.

Police fired tear gas and water cannons at largely peaceful protesters near parliament as lawmakers were debating proposals to bring in new taxes.」

　そりゃマズい。デモを散らすには催涙ガス。威嚇射撃は、実弾を使っても、直撃しないように射線をずらすのが普通では。警察も調査に入る。…割とマズい。

「The police say they have visited the scene of the shooting and are investigating the circumstances of Mr Masai’s death.

Activist Boniface Mwangi has said the young man was only carrying a national identity card and his phone and had not been armed.」

　殺された子はIDカードや携帯電話を持っていた程度で武装していなかった。かなーりマズい。丸腰の若い衆を銃撃して死なしたら、そりゃあもう、このこと自体への反対・批判が盛り上がる。そういう治安上の問題だけでも十二分にマズい。

「“He was shot in the upper middle part of the thigh. It appears he bled to death before being brought to our facility,” a doctor told Kenya’s Nation news website.」