Afghanistan's doctor Tetsu Nakamura's gunshot Crime of multiple men or 5 December at 5:13
Numerous voices of remembrance have been reported in the field about the death of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, a doctor who has been involved in the reconstruction of agricultural waterways for many years in Afghanistan. So far, no crime statement has been issued, but it was discovered by interviews with local police that the shooting was highly suspected of crime by several men.
A NGO in Fukuoka City, Satoshi Nakamura (73), a representative of the Peshawar Association, was shot by someone while moving by car in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan. Mr. Nakamura was being treated at the hospital, but after that he was confirmed dead.
According to local police, this gunfire killed six people, including Nakamura-san and the drivers and security guards he was with.
Mr. Nakamura has been actively involved in the reconstruction of agricultural waterways for many years and has been actively interacting with local people.
On the night of the 4th local time, a memorial gathering was held in Jalalabad, and many people mourned Nakamura-san's death by burning a candle and praised his achievements.
A 40-year-old farmer said, “Mr. Nakamura has continued countless support to protect our farmland from flooding. It ’s sad to hear that he died. "
On the other hand, no crime statement has been issued so far about this shooting, but it has been reported to the local police that there is a strong suspicion of the crime by three to four men in subsequent investigations. I understood from the interview. The men abandoned Nakamura-san in a single passenger car, shot it, and then escaped in the same car again.
The police are investigating in detail, assuming that there is a suspicion of a planned crime aimed at Mr. Nakamura.
Hospital staff in charge of treatment
A spokesperson for a hospital in Nangarhar Province who treated Nakamura-san responded to NHK's interview, “The car on which Mr. Nakamura was riding was attacked by an armed person at about 8 am. Nakamura-san, who has done this, has been taken to our hospital, ”he explained.
In addition, Mr. Nakamura said, “Two bullets were shot in the abdomen and I was first aided, but I was injured on the way to the local airport to move to the capital Kabul for further treatment. I died for the reason. "
In order to save Mr. Nakamura, the Governor of Nangarhar state instructed him to urgently transport him to the US Army Bagram Air Force Base near the capital Kabul.
10 years of friendship acquaintance "How to connect Dr. Nakamura's will in the future"
Tetsuya Tokunaga (72) from Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, who has been in friendship with Nakamura Tetsu for 10 years, responded to NHK's interview on the night of the 4th. I don't understand, I'm sorry I'm sorry, this must never happen. "
Mr. Tokunaga is the former director of the land improvement district that manages the irrigation equipment in the Edo period and Yamada dam in Asakura City, which Nakamura used as a model for the Afghan farmland restoration project. I spent 10 days in Afghanistan and visited the site.
Regarding the situation at the time, Tokunaga said, “The local farmers were swearing that“ Nakamura-sensei is God ”. Five soldiers and others were guarding Dr. Nakamura for 24 hours. I don't understand that an incident will happen. "
As for the personality of Mr. Nakamura, “I felt that the people were wide, knowledgeable, and amazing. When talking with us, we were not great. I also kindly and politely explained and treated me without changing, ”he said.
Mr. Tokunaga met with Mr. Nakamura in Fukuoka City on the 22nd of last month and he just heard about the future efforts, saying, “We must think about how to connect Dr. Nakamura ’s will in the future. I think. "
The president of Kyushu University at the home school "Engaged in Unreasonableness"
Mr. Satoshi Nakamura graduated from Kyushu University School of Medicine in 1973. Since 2014, he has been giving a lecture at the university once a year as a special principal professor at Kyushu University Institute of Advanced Studies. I gave a lecture on May 5th.
Kyushu University President Chiharu Kubo said, “I was deeply impressed by the grandeur of the business I have achieved, and I have felt a warm and sincere personality in the way I have spoken frankly and politely about the feelings I have felt through my experience. It is extremely painful for the teachers who have worked hard for the local reconstruction to lose their lives in this way, and it is impossible to forgive them for their unreasonableness. I wish you all the best. ”
UN Special Representative “Great achievements and pride as a Japanese”
Special representative of Tadatsu Yamamoto, head of the United Nations Afghanistan Support Group, said NHK's telephone interview, “I never thought that someone like him would be attacked, and I was surprised and angry. "It was a great loss," he said, mourning the death of Mr. Nakamura.
In addition, Mr. Nakamura's attitude to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, “I have been working to convey the pure feeling of 'I want to help difficult people, thinking how Afghanistan's people can live a better human life.' “The people were very respectful and friendly to Mr. Nakamura. His achievements are great and he is proud as a Japanese.”
On top of that, Mr. Yamamoto said, “Mr. Nakamura was a very humble and confident person. The specific method left by Mr. Nakamura and the local people were involved, and the development was promoted together. I think that the idea is rooted, and I hope that it will be inherited and spread further. "
Covering local activities in October
In October, NHK interviewed Mr. Satoshi Nakamura who visited the agricultural waterway constructed in Afghanistan.
The irrigation channel we visited at this time was newly completed in February, in the eastern Nangarhar Province, where Mr. Nakamura is based. Nakamura worked with local NGOs to build irrigation channels and actively interacted with local people.
However, Mr. Nakamura said that he visited the site after thorough safety management based on the local security situation. The NHK video also shows a car with the same number as Nakamura's car that was shot this time, behind which is a car with a gun guard.
In addition, there were frequent floods due to sudden snow plowing in mountainous areas, but Nakamura started a training center in cooperation with the United Nations to repair levee and bridges destroyed by the flood. I was also passionate about human resource development, including training for the engineers I was responsible for.
Mr. Nakamura pointed out in an interview with NHK that Afghanistan is one of the countries with the greatest damage caused by global warming. “Afghanistan is not destroyed by war, but it can be destroyed by drought. It ’s important for all of us to work together to address this issue and look at the serious situation in Afghanistan. ”
Increased casualties of humanitarian personnel
According to the United Nations, the number of people involved in humanitarian aid in Afghanistan who were killed, injured, or kidnapped reached 91 in August, which is already more than 76 in the past year. It was. Of these, 27 people have died.
On the 24th of last month, there was an explosion aimed at a UN vehicle in the capital Kabul, killing one American.