9 Bodies Return from Algeria – 無言の帰国

Deep sadness covered entire Japan as 9 victims came home to Haneda Airport silently this morning. The airplane also brought back 7 others alive. They were engineers sent to In Amenas oil plant from JGC or related companies.

Most of Japanese people were truly shocked by the fact that these Japanese workers were partly the direct target in the attack by Islamic terrorists. According to a witness on the other hand, some of Japanese workers seemed involved in the bombing by Algerian helicopters when they were in a car. We will probably hear some more details.

今朝、アルジェリアから政府特別機で7名の生存者とともに帰還した9名の棺に花が手向けられた。無念の帰国である。ほとんどの人たちは現場技術者だ。

こうした日本人技術者がイスラム武装勢力の直接標的とされた現実に日本人の多くはショックを受ける。また別の証言によれば、何人かの日本人が同乗していた車がアルジェリア軍ヘリの攻撃で爆破されたとも言われている。更なる詳細はいずれ語られるだろう。