倫敦伍利奇英軍遇襲事件影響繼續
更新時間 2013年 5月 24日, 星期五 - 格林尼治標準時間15:31
伍利奇謀殺案遇害士兵裏格比的家人對這一事件感到震驚。
英國警方繼續追查倫敦伍利奇（Woolwich）一名英軍遇襲事件，受害者家屬表態。
遇害的25歲的英軍士兵李·裏格比的妻子和家人對英國媒體悲痛地表示，沒想到在英國本土會發生這樣的襲擊事件。與此同時，英國警方以參與陰謀策劃謀殺的罪名繼續拘押早些時候抓捕的一名29歲男子，而釋放了另外兩名分別為29歲和31歲的女子。
警方繼續搜查倫敦的5處民居和林肯郡的一處民居。
而在倫敦郊外密爾頓·凱恩斯，祈禱的人們說，一個伊斯蘭清真寺受到燃燒裝置的襲擊。
兩名涉嫌直接犯罪的男子仍在兩家醫院裏，他們是28歲的邁克爾·阿德波拉傑和22歲的邁克爾·阿德波瓦勒。
英國情報部門證實，軍情五處8年前早已注意到謀殺英軍士兵李·裏格比的這兩名被捕嫌疑犯。情報部門的主管將受到下議院調查委員會的質問。
英國政府為在倫敦伍利奇謀殺案中被指失責的情報部門做出辯護。
倫敦襲擊案引發恐怖主義新擔憂
2013年05月23日
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周三，倫敦南部伍爾維奇皇家炮兵部隊附近發生一起襲擊案。
倫敦——根據英國媒體刊登的證人供詞，在本周三發生的一起襲擊事件中，一名在倫敦南部某軍營附近走動的男子遭到一輛車的撞擊，之後被兩名揮舞大刀的襲擊者砍死，這起事件引發了英國人對恐怖主義的新一輪擔憂。
英國官員沒有指明受害者的身份，不過，在對到訪的英國首相戴維·卡梅倫(David Cameron)表示慰問時，法國總統弗朗索瓦·奧朗德(François Hollande)稱受害者為「一名士兵」。襲擊事件發生時，卡梅倫正在從布魯塞爾前往巴黎。
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the Sun, Agence France-Presse — Getty Images襲擊案視頻圖像顯示，圖為嫌犯之一。
官員們說，兩名嫌疑人被警察開槍打傷，目前在一家醫院裡，處於警方看守之下，其中一人傷勢嚴重。政府官員說，嫌疑人之一曾在襲擊過程中叫喊「真主至大」。
卡梅倫在巴黎愛麗舍宮的一次新聞發佈會上說，這起殺人案是「一樁駭人聽聞的謀殺」、「絕對令人作嘔」。
卡梅倫補充道，「有明顯跡象表明，這是一起恐怖主義事件。」他中斷了他的歐洲大陸之行，於周三晚間返回倫敦。
獨立電視新聞頻道(ITV News)播放了一段手機拍攝的視頻，視頻是在伍爾維奇的案發現場拍攝的，其中顯示，一名看樣子20來歲或30出頭的男子雙手是血，一手拿着砍刀，嘴裡念叨着似乎是政治訊息的話，直到警察趕來。
該男子說，「我為女性今天不得不目睹這一幕感到抱歉，可是，我們土地上的女性也不得不目睹同樣的事情。你們這些人永遠不會安全。把你們的政府趕下台！他們不在乎你們。」
此後，他似乎是在解釋襲擊的動機，稱這次襲擊是「因為我們祖國正在發生的事情」。
代表英國250萬穆斯林的各個組織很快就對襲擊事件進行了
譴責。英國穆斯林委員會(Muslim Council of
Britan)代表該組織中的清真寺、學校及慈善機構發表聲明稱，「任何理由都不能為這次謀殺開脫。」聲明稱，發生在伍爾維奇的這次兇殺事件是「與伊斯蘭
教無關的野蠻行徑」，並補充說，「絕大多數英國穆斯林都認同本國武裝力量的工作。」
襲擊事件發生在一個交通擁堵的路口附近，那裡到皇家炮兵部隊(Royal Artillery)倫敦總部只需步行一小段路。該部隊曾派士兵及坦克部隊前往伊拉克及阿富汗。事發地點附近有一所小學。目擊者表示，有一些家長及放學回家的孩子目睹了襲擊事件。
一輛藍色小汽車——明顯是用來撞擊受害者的汽車——開上了人行道，接着似乎撞上了電線杆。從照片及電視播放的現場畫面可以看到，這輛汽車的引擎蓋和前窗受損嚴重。
目擊者稱，兩名男子從這輛汽車裡出來，手持大刀襲擊趴在地上的受害者。一些人稱，他們砍掉了受害者的頭。
一些人稱，受害者身穿印有慈善團體名字「Help for Heroes」的T恤衫。數千名英國軍事人員在阿富汗、伊朗受傷後返回英國，該團體為其中一些人提供幫助。
一名自稱目睹整個襲擊過程的男子告訴BBC，兇手在現場徘徊，給路人講述他們的所做作為。
‘Barbaric Attack’ in London Prompts Meeting on Terror
May 23, 2013
LONDON — In an attack that raised new fears of
terrorism in Britain, a man walking near a military barracks in south
London on Wednesday was rammed by a car and then hacked to death by two
knife-wielding assailants, according to witness accounts carried by
British news media.
British officials did not
identify the victim, but the French president, François Hollande,
referred to him as “a soldier” in expressing France’s sympathy to the
visiting British prime minister, David Cameron, who had been en route to
Paris from Brussels when the attack took place.
The two suspects were shot and wounded by the
police, officials said, and were in a hospital under police guard, one
in serious condition. One of the men shouted “Allahu akbar,” or “God is
great,” as the attack proceeded, government officials said.
Mr. Cameron, at a news conference at the Élysée Palace in Paris, said the killing was “an appalling murder” and “absolutely sickening.”
“There are strong
indications that it is a terrorist incident,” Mr. Cameron added. He
interrupted his European tour to return to London on Wednesday night.
ITV News showed a video clip
taken with a cellphone at the scene in Woolwich in which a man who
appears to be in his 20s or early 30s, holding a cleaver in one of his
bloodied hands, offers what seemed to be a political message before the
police arrived.
“I apologize that women had
to see this today, but in our lands women have to see the same thing,”
he says. “You people will never be safe. Remove your governments! They
don’t care about you.”
He then refers to what
appeared to be a motive for the attack, saying that it had been carried
out “because of what’s going on in our own countries.”
Organizations representing
Britain’s 2.5 million Muslims were quick to condemn the attack. “No
cause justifies this murder,” the Muslim Council of Britain said in a statement
on behalf of the network of mosques, schools and charities it
represents. It described the killing in Woolwich as “a barbaric act that
has no basis in Islam,” and added that the “vast majority of British
Muslims acknowledge the armed forces for the work they do.”
The assault took place near
a heavily-trafficked junction, a short walk from the London
headquarters of the Royal Artillery, a unit that has deployed soldiers,
including tank units, to Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a primary school
nearby, and witnesses said that some of those who saw the attack were
parents and children returning home from the school.
A small blue car —
apparently the vehicle used to ram the victim — appeared to have hit a
telephone pole after mounting the sidewalk. It was visible in
photographs and television coverage of the scene, with extensive damage
to its hood and front window.
Witnesses said two men got
out of the vehicle and attacked the prone victim with large bladed
weapons. Some said they beheaded him.
A number said the victim was wearing a T-shirt labeled with the words Help for Heroes, the name of a charity that supports some of the thousands of British military personnel who have returned wounded from Afghanistan and Iraq.
A man who said he had seen
the entire attack told the BBC that the assailants had lingered at the
scene, talking to passers-by about what they had done.
Stephen Castle contributed reporting.
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