在尼日爾被殺美軍士兵軍裝被剝血跡斑斑

A Nigerien man who says he found three of the four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger last month says the bodies were bloodied and stripped of their uniforms.

Adamou Boubacar told VOA's French to Africa service that he was the first to discover the bodies after the October 4 battle between U.S. special forces and the jihadist militants who ambushed them in the western Nigerien village of Tongo Tongo.

Boubacar, a resident of Tongo Tongo, said he was searching for his wife and children in nearby fields.

"When I came out of the village, I saw the bodies of the three white American soldiers. There was a lot of blood; you cannot imagine," he told the VOA Afrique program.

He says he found two soldiers in a vehicle and the other on the ground.

Asked whether the American soldiers were wearing their combat gear, Boubacar said one was naked and the others were in their underwear. He said all their weapons and equipment had been taken.

VOA asked the Pentagon on Friday to confirm the details. A Pentagon spokeswoman told VOA that an investigation is under way and that there would be no comment until all the facts have been gathered.

The U.S. military has identified the three soldiers found together on October 4 as Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, 29, Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, 35, and Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, 39.

As for the fourth American soldier — Sgt. La David Johnson, 25, who was found two days later — Boubacar said it was children who discovered his body. "There must be at least two kilometers between where his body was found and the place where the attack took place," he said.一名自稱發現了上個月在尼日爾被殺的四名美軍士兵當中的三具屍體的尼日爾男子表示，那些屍體血跡斑斑，軍服被剝。

阿達姆·布巴卡爾對美國之音非洲法語組表示，10月4日美國特種部隊在尼日爾西部村莊湯戈湯戈與伏擊他們的聖戰激進分子交戰後，他是第一個發現這些美軍士兵遺體的。

布巴卡爾是湯戈湯戈的居民，他表示他當時正在附近的地裏尋找他的妻子和孩子。

布巴卡爾對美國之音《非洲》節目說：“我出了村子的時候看到三名美軍白人士兵的遺體。有大量的血跡，你簡直無法想象那個場景。”

他說，他在一輛車裏找到了兩名士兵遺體，在地上找到另外一人的遺體。

當被問及這些美軍士兵是否穿戴戰鬥裝備的時候，布巴卡爾表示，其中一人全身赤裸，另外兩人只穿着內衣。他說，他們的武器和裝備都被拿走了。

美國之音星期五要求五角大樓證實這些細節。五角大樓一位發言人對美國之音表示，正在進行調查，在得到所有事實之前不會就此發表評論。

美國軍方已經證實，10月4日在一起被發現的三名士兵分別是：現年29歲的陸軍參謀軍士達斯汀·萊特、現年35歲的陸軍參謀軍士布萊恩·布萊克以及現年39歲的陸軍參謀軍士傑里米·約翰遜。

布巴卡爾說，第四位美國軍人、25歲的陸軍中士戴維·約翰遜的遺體是兩天之後被一些孩子發現的。他說：“他的遺體被找到的地方距離襲擊發生地點至少有兩公里遠”。