地震で２０人脱獄か ＩＳ戦闘員収容の刑務所 シリア

【アザズＡＦＰ＝時事】トルコ南部で６日早朝に発生したマグニチュード（Ｍ）７．８の地震後、シリア北西部のイスラム過激派組織「イスラム国（ＩＳ）」の戦闘員を多数収容している刑務所から少なくとも２０人が脱獄した。施設の関係筋がＡＦＰに明らかにした。（写真は地震で倒壊した建物。資料写真）
　脱獄が起きたのはトルコ国境に近いラジョの軍事刑務所。収容者は約２０００人で、約１３００人がＩＳの戦闘員とみられる。クルド人勢力の戦闘員も収容されている。
　地震発生後に受刑者が暴動を起こし、刑務所の一部を占拠。ＩＳ戦闘員とみられる約２０人が逃走したという。
　今回の地震では数十回の余震も起きているが、同刑務所でも壁やドアにひびが入るなど建物に被害が出ていると同関係筋は述べている。
　英国を拠点とするＮＧＯ「シリア人権監視団」は、暴動の発生は確認したが、脱走は裏付けがとれていないとしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/08-13:06）

Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP.
The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about 1,300 of them suspected to be IS fighters, said the source.
The prison also holds fighters from Kurdish-led forces.
After the earthquake struck, Rajo was affected and inmates started to mutiny and took control of parts of the prison, said the official at Rajo jail, which is controlled by pro-Turkish factions.
About 20 prisoners fled... who are believed to be IS militants.
The 7.8-magnitude quake -- which was followed by dozens of aftershocks in the region -- caused damage to the prison, with walls and doors cracking, the source added.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said it could not verify whether prisoners had escaped, but confirmed there was a mutiny.
At least 1,444 people died Monday across Syria after the devastating earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said.
In rebel-held parts of the country's northwest, at least 733 people were killed and more than 2,100 injured, according to the White Helmets rescue group.
The incident in Rajo comes on the heels of an IS attack in December on a security complex in their former de facto Syrian capital of Raqa, which aimed to free fellow jihadists from a prison there.
Six members of the Kurdish-led security forces that control the area were killed in the foiled assault.
The conflict in Syria started in 2011 with the brutal repression of peaceful protests and escalated to pull in foreign powers and global jihadists.
Nearly half a million people have been killed, and the conflict has forced around half of the country's pre-war population from their homes, with many seeking refuge in Turkey.