ダウ船摘発に際して2名が事故死―米国シールズ

　10日の捜索によっても再発見できず、これは死亡を宣告せざるを得ないとの声明。

BBC Navy Seals missing off Somalia's coast are dead - US navy 22 Jan 2024

　夜間、あやしげなダウ船を発見、これに乗り移って臨検しようとしたらしくじって1名転落、これを助けようとした1名が海に飛び込み、二人とも行方知れずになった。どう考えても10日も行方不明となると、死亡していると考えるほかなく、そのように宣言。

「The US navy has ended a 10-day search and rescue operation for two members of the elite Seals navy force who vanished off Somalia's coast on the night of 11 January.

The Seals disappeared as they attempted to intercept a dhow that was carrying weapons.

One of the Seals fell into the rough night-time waters while boarding the dhow, prompting the second Seal to jump in for a rescue attempt.

Neither of them resurfaced.

"We regret to announce that after a 10-day exhaustive search, our two missing US Navy Seals have not been located and their status has been changed to deceased," the US Central Command said on Sunday, adding that it was "now conducting recovery operations".」

　遺体回収にはなお取り組みたい模様。なお

「Japanese and Spanish forces had aided in the search, using ships and aircraft to comb more than 21,000 square miles (54,380 square km) in the Gulf of Aden.」

　捜索にはスペイン軍のほか日本軍も参加していた―って、まあ我々の言い方では自衛隊ですね。まあこれも国際貢献の一つの形だろうと、そんな感じ。