'I have never felt heat like that' - a survivor on watching 33 cellmates die in Nigeria
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Usman Muhammad survived but 33 others died in the cell and four others died later in hospital Usman Muhammad pauses by the entrance to a tiny Nigerian prison cell and leans his forehead against the wall unable to speak.
乌斯曼·穆罕默德 (Usman Muhammad) 幸存，但牢房内另有 33 人死亡，另外 4 人后来在医院死亡 乌斯曼·穆罕默德在尼日利亚一间狭小的牢房门口停下来，额头靠在墙上，说不出话来。
The day before he had been trapped inside the stifling room, measuring roughly 6m (19.7ft) by 3m (9.8ft), with more than 50 other prisoners.
前一天，他和其他 50 多名囚犯一起被困在这个面积约为 6m（19.7 英尺）× 3m（9.8 英尺）的令人窒息的房间内。
Thirty-three of his cellmates died in the cramped conditions in the prison in Minna, the capital of Nigeria's Niger state - and four died later in hospital.
他的 33 名狱友死于尼日利亚尼日尔州首府明纳监狱狭窄的环境中，另外 4 名狱友后来在医院死亡。
The mass deaths caused an outcry and sparked protests, including attacks on public buildings, as relatives and locals demanded answers.
大规模死亡事件引起强烈抗议并引发抗议活动，包括对公共建筑的袭击，亲属和当地人要求得到答案。
Federal officials had initially blamed the deaths on a diphtheria outbreak but exactly what happened is now the subject of an investigation.
联邦官员最初将死亡归咎于白喉爆发，但现在正在调查到底发生了什么。
"I have never felt heat like that in my life.
“我一生中从未感受过这样的热度。
When we touched each other's bodies, it felt like fire burning," Muhammad tells the BBC once he is able to gather his thoughts. When he was locked inside, there was standing room only amid humidity levels of more than 90%, which in some circumstances can be dangerous to human health as it prevents the natural cooling mechanism of sweat drying on the skin.
当我们触摸彼此的身体时，感觉就像火在燃烧，”穆罕默德在整理思绪后告诉 BBC。 当他被锁在里面时，只有在湿度超过 90% 的情况下才有站立的空间，这在某些情况下可能对人体健康有害，因为它会阻碍皮肤上汗水干燥的自然冷却机制。
The temperature outside was above 25C and the only ventilation came from a small, high-up window.
室外温度超过 25 摄氏度，唯一的通风来自一扇高高的小窗户。
"One of us fainted and we started knocking at the [cell] door.
“我们中的一个人晕倒了，我们开始敲[牢房]门。
When [a guard] came we asked him for water. He looked at the guy that fainted and closed the door. That's how they started dying one after the other," Muhammad says. Like the others who had been detained, the young man, in his 20s, is an artisanal miner, eking out a living searching for precious metals at mine sites.
当[一名警卫]来时，我们向他要水。 他看着昏倒的人，关上了门。 这就是他们开始一个接一个死去的原因，”穆罕默德说。 和其他被拘留的人一样，这名 20 多岁的年轻人是一名手工采矿者，靠在矿场寻找贵金属勉强维持生计。
The federal government has tried to crack down on this alleged illegal activity as it says it costs the country revenue, damages the environment and can be linked to wider criminal activity.
联邦政府试图打击这种所谓的非法活动，因为它表示这会损失国家收入，破坏环境，并可能与更广泛的犯罪活动有关。
Officers from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had arrested a large group of miners near Minna last Tuesday and Wednesday.
尼日利亚安全和民防部队 (NSCDC) 的官员上周二和周三在明纳附近逮捕了一大群矿工。
The prisoners were held at its detention centre in the city, but the NSCDC has not shared either the names or the number of those it was holding.
这些囚犯被关押在该市的拘留中心，但国家疾病预防控制中心没有透露其所关押的囚犯的姓名或人数。
The BBC's Madina Maishanu shows the conditions inside the cell where so many died As the hours inside the cell wore on, the heat and dehydration became unbearable and Muhammad says some of the detainees began drinking their own urine and collecting sweat from their bodies to try to stay alive.
BBC 的 Madina Maishanu 展示了导致多人死亡的牢房内的状况 随着牢房内时间的流逝，炎热和脱水变得难以忍受，穆罕默德说，一些被拘留者开始喝自己的尿液并收集身体的汗水以试图维持生命。
He describes seeing people in distress and struggling to breathe.
他描述了看到人们陷入困境并呼吸困难的情况。
"People were calling for help, some were already very weak."
“人们在呼救，有些人已经非常虚弱了。”
But no-one came to help, he and others allege.
但他和其他人声称，没有人来帮忙。
"While in the cell, we were shouting and telling them that people were dying," another survivor Adamu Isah told the Reuters news agency.
另一位幸存者阿达姆·伊萨告诉路透社：“在牢房里，我们大喊大叫，告诉他们人们快要死了。”
"We tried to break down the door when they refused to open it… At one point, a security officer came to the door.
“当他们拒绝打开门时，我们试图破门而入……有一次，一名保安人员来到门口。
"We were shouting and telling him that people were dying, but he said it wasn't his problem if people died."
“我们大声喊叫并告诉他人们正在死去，但他说如果人们死了那不是他的问题。”
Finally, on Thursday, the cell door was opened and the guards saw the dead bodies.
终于，周四，牢房门被打开，警卫看到了尸体。
The NSCDC has not directly responded to the accusations of neglect and maltreatment but has said that 24 of its personnel are now in custody in connection with the deaths, including its suspended Niger state commandant Suberu Aniviye.
NSCDC 尚未直接回应忽视和虐待的指控，但表示，目前有 24 名与死亡有关的人员被拘留，其中包括被停职的尼日尔州司令苏贝鲁·阿尼维耶 (Suberu Aniviye)。
"The people who were killed are not flies.
“被杀的人不是苍蝇。
How can this go unlooked?
这怎么能不被人注意呢？
We will get to the bottom of this," Niger state Governor Umaru Bago told the BBC. The only air coming into the cell was from a small window high up on the wall As the organisation involved is a federal body rather than a force under his jurisdiction, such as the police, the governor is unable to exert direct influence but he welcomes the investigation that has been ordered by the government in capital, Abuja. A 10-member committee has now been set-up to determine exactly what happened.
我们将彻查此事。”尼日尔州州长奥马鲁·巴戈 (Umaru Bago) 告诉英国广播公司 (BBC)。 进入牢房的唯一空气来自墙上高处的一扇小窗户 由于涉及的组织是联邦机构，而不是其管辖下的警察等部队，州长无法施加直接影响，但他对首都阿布贾政府下令进行的调查表示欢迎。 目前已经成立了一个由 10 名成员组成的委员会来确定究竟发生了什么。
It has two weeks to establish the causes of the deaths and identify who was responsible and can recommend legal action against anyone found culpable.
它有两周的时间来确定死亡原因并确定责任人，并可以建议对任何被发现有罪的人采取法律行动。
No officer, regardless of rank, would be protected and any attempt to obstruct the investigation would be taken seriously, Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said.
内政部长奥鲁本米·通吉-奥霍表示，任何官员，无论级别如何，都不会受到保护，任何阻碍调查的企图都将受到严肃对待。
As he leaves the cell after talking to the BBC, Muhammad says he hopes that by speaking out he can help find justice and bring some closure to this traumatic event. 'This is our company': Nigerians show off oil wealth after share-buying frenzy Shell pumped oil through Nigeria pipeline for years despite pollution evidence, documents show How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria 'If you started running, they shot you' - inside Nigeria's growing kidnapping crisis Go to BBCAfrica.com, external for more news from the African continent.
穆罕默德在与 BBC 交谈后离开牢房时表示，他希望通过发声可以帮助伸张正义，为这一创伤性事件画上句号。 “这是我们的公司”：尼日利亚人在疯狂购买股票后炫耀石油财富 文件显示，尽管有污染证据，壳牌多年来仍通过尼日利亚管道泵送石油 墨西哥贩毒集团如何将冰毒实验室外包给尼日利亚 “如果你开始逃跑，他们就会开枪射杀你”——尼日利亚日益严重的绑架危机 请访问 BBCAfrica.com，了解来自非洲大陆的更多外部新闻。
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