伊斯坦布尔——官员称,周一,一名男子在土耳其南部一所学校开枪打死了他的叔叔,这是该国发生的最新一起枪击事件,引发了人们对教育设施安全和枪支泛滥的担忧。
ISTANBUL — A man shot and killed his uncle at a school in southern Turkey on Monday, officials said, the latest shooting to hit the country, raising concerns about safety at educational facilities and the proliferation of guns.
省长穆罕默德·法提赫·塞尔登盖奇蒂说,这名41岁的枪手在奥斯曼尼耶市郊区的恰尔达克的法拉比安纳托利亚高中院子里开枪打死了他的叔叔、土耳其语言文学教师穆罕默德·比尔吉利。
The 41-year-old gunman shot his uncle, Mehmet Bilgili, a Turkish language and literature teacher, in the yard of Farabi Anatolian High School in Cardak, on the outskirts of the city of Osmaniye, Provincial Gov. Mehmet Fatih Serdengecti said.
据《共和报》和其他媒体报道,嫌疑人在发生争执后用一把无证手枪射击了比尔吉利,随后被拘留。比尔吉利被送往医院,但不久后死亡。
The suspect shot Bilgili with an unlicensed handgun following an argument, Cumhuriyet newspaper and other outlets reported, before he was detained. Bilgili was taken to hospital but died shortly afterward.
塞尔登盖奇蒂说,这名男子“多年来”一直在接受精神科治疗,并且与他的叔叔发生了争执。
Serdengecti said the man had been undergoing psychiatric treatment “for many years” and had fallen out with his uncle.
教师工会Egitim-Is奥斯曼尼耶分会负责人阿德姆·尤杰尔质疑,一名持枪男子是如何能够进入校园的。
Adem Yucel, who heads the Osmaniye branch of teachers’ union Egitim-Is, questioned how an armed man was able to enter the school grounds.
他说:“我们希望学校能让我们的孩子无忧无虑地上学,让我们的教师安全地履行职责,让家长安心地把孩子送到学校。”
“We want schools where our children go to school without fear, our teachers perform their duties safely and parents send their children to school with peace of mind,” he said.
这起枪击事件发生之前,上周在西部马尼萨省图尔古特卢的一所学校,一名15岁的学生用霰弹枪开枪,打伤了11名同学。
The shooting came after a 15-year-old student wounded 11 of his colleagues when he opened fire with a shotgun at a school in Turgutlu, western Manisa province, last week.
土耳其今年4月曾在两天内发生两起校园枪击事件,举国震惊,导致本月新学年开始时教育设施加强了安保。
Turkey was shocked by two school shootings in as many days in April, leading to increased security at educational facilities at the start of the academic year this month.
在第一起事件中,一名前学生在东南部尚勒乌尔法省的一所高中开枪,造成16人受伤,其中大部分是学生。袭击者后来自杀身亡。
The first incident saw 16 people, mostly students, wounded when a former student opened fire at a high school in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa. The assailant later killed himself.
第二天,一名14岁的学生在他位于附近卡赫拉曼马拉什省的学校袭击了两间教室,造成8名学生和1名教师死亡,另有13人受伤。袭击者被警方击毙。
The following day, a 14-year-old student attacked two classrooms at his school in nearby Kahramanmaras province, killing eight students and a teacher and wounding 13 others. The attacker was killed by police.
在4月份的枪击事件发生后,雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安总统承诺将学校安全作为首要任务,并加强枪支拥有方面的法规。
In the wake of the April shootings, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to make school safety a top priority and to tighten gun-ownership regulations.
根据致力于推动更严格枪支管制政策的“Hope基金会”的数据,自2014年以来,已有超过26,000人在各类暴力事件中丧生(其中包括使用非枪支武器造成的死亡)。去年,共有2,784起涉及枪支的暴力犯罪案件发生。本报告更正了枪手的年龄信息。
According to the Hope Foundation, which lobbies for greater gun control, more than 26,000 people have been killed in armed incidents, including by weapons other than guns, since 2014. Last year, there were 2,784 violent crimes involving firearms. This report corrects the gunman’s age.