伦敦，9月25日——一名45岁男子周五对谋杀未遂指控表示不认罪。该男子被指控于4月在伦敦北部持刀袭击两名犹太男子。检方表示，他们不再将此案作为恐怖主义案件处理。
LONDON, Sept 25 - A 45-year-old man pleaded not guilty on Friday to attempting to murder two Jewish men who were stabbed in a knife attack in north London in April, an offence prosecutors said they were no longer treating as terrorism.
英国国民、出生于索马里的埃萨·苏莱曼（Essa Suleiman）被指控于4月29日在戈德斯格林（Golders Green）袭击了这两名男子。该区域居住着大量犹太人口，近期发生了一系列针对犹太场所的袭击事件。
Essa Suleiman, a British national who was born in Somalia, is alleged to have attacked the men in Golders Green on April 29, one of a spate of incidents targeting Jewish premises in the same area of London which is home to a large Jewish population.
这些袭击事件令英国29万犹太人感到安全受到威胁，并促使政府承诺采取更强有力的措施保护他们。
The attacks left Britain's 290,000 Jews fearing for their safety, and prompted the government to promise stronger action to protect them.
苏莱曼周五在伦敦老贝利法院（Old Bailey）进行了简短的听证，并对两项谋杀未遂指控表示不认罪。
Suleiman appeared for a brief hearing at London's Old Bailey court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder.
他还否认了第三项谋杀未遂指控，该指控涉及当天早些时候在一名前熟人住所发生的无关事件，以及持有带刃物品。警方最初表示，这些持刀袭击事件正作为疑似恐怖主义进行调查。
He also denied a third count of attempted murder, relating to an unconnected incident at the home of a former acquaintance earlier the same day, and possession of a bladed article. Police had initially said the stabbings were being investigated as suspected terrorism.
然而，检察官迪安娜·希尔（Deanna Heer）周五表示，皇家检察署（Crown Prosecution Service）在审查后得出结论，没有足够证据表明这些持刀袭击与恐怖主义有关。
Prosecutor Deanna Heer said on Friday, however, that the Crown Prosecution Service had concluded that following a review, there was no sufficient evidence to say the stabbings had a terrorist connection.
苏莱曼被继续羁押，将于1月15日再次出庭，审判预计于3月开始。
Suleiman was remanded in custody and will next appear in court on January 15, with his trial due to start in March.