指名質問:caught up in
昨日のNatさんとJakieさんのfollow-upです。ケニアの首都ナイロビにあるショッピングモールに武装集団が襲撃しました。武装集団は非イスラム教徒を殺害すると脅迫しており、ショッピングモールに人質をとって立てこもっています。
文中でのcaught up inはどのような語義でしょうか。Astroriverくん解説お願いします。(Shou-VR*)
Nairobi shopping mall attacks: Britons 'undoubtedly' caught up in terrorist assault
At least 39 people have been killed and 150 injured after a gang of Islamic terrorists stormed an upmarket Kenyan shopping mall with guns and grenades and started executing non-Muslims.
Mr Hague said: “The UK High Commission in Nairobi is working very hard on this – visiting hospitals and seeking to identity or account for any British nationals who may have been caught up in this.