记者马丁·奥哈根于2001年在阿马郡卢根与妻子从酒吧步行回家途中遭枪杀 克莱尔·奎因 BBC北爱尔兰新闻 2026年10月4日，凌晨00:01 BST这位记者在与妻子步行回家途中遭枪杀，其兄弟表示，如果他不继续为谋杀案寻求真相，“愧疚感会要了我的命”。本周早些时候是2001年调查记者马丁·奥哈根遇害25周年。
Pacemaker Martin O'Hagan was shot dead as he walked home from a pub with his wife in Lurgan, County Armagh in 2001 Claire Quinn BBC News NI 4 October 2026, 00:01 BST The brother of a journalist, who was shot dead as he walked home with his wife, says if he did not continue to fight for answers around the murder "the guilt would kill me". Earlier this week marked the 25th anniversary of the 2001 murder of investigative reporter Martin O'Hagan.
这位51岁男子在阿马郡卢根遇害，当时他正从酒吧步行回家途中遭枪击——这起谋杀案由“红手卫队”认领，该组织是“忠诚志愿军”和“阿尔斯特保卫协会”使用的掩护名称。
The 51-year-old died in Lurgan, County Armagh, and was shot when walking home from a pub - a killing that was claimed by the Red Hand Defenders, a cover name used by both the Loyalist Volunteer Force and Ulster Defence Association.
尽管这起谋杀案引发了广泛谴责，并提出了多项指控（随后均被撤回），但至今无人被定罪。
But while his murder received widespread condemnation, and numerous charges that were subsequently withdrawn, no one has ever been convicted.
与马丁关系密切的人士表示，警方和政府官员承诺缉拿凶手的誓言均未兑现，他们依然感到沮丧，因为他的死未能获得与其他高调谋杀案同等程度的关注。
Those close to Martin have said pledges from police and government officials to find those responsible have gone unfulfilled, and they remain frustrated that his death has not received the same recognition as other high profile killings.
自1969年“麻烦时期”爆发以来，马丁是北爱尔兰首位因记者身份被谋杀的人。
Martin was the first person to be murdered for being a journalist in Northern Ireland since the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969.
作为《星期日世界报》记者，他因揭露在北爱尔兰活动的准军事组织和毒贩而建立声誉。
As a reporter for the Sunday World newspaper, he had built a reputation for stories which exposed paramilitaries and drug dealers operating in Northern Ireland.
他因揭露犯罪和贩毒集团，激怒了阿马郡准军事组织头目，特别是已遇害的“忠诚志愿军”领袖比利·赖特，马丁曾称其为“老鼠王”。
He had infuriated County Armagh paramilitary bosses, particularly murdered LVF leader Billy Wright who he labelled 'King Rat ', by exposing crime and drugs rackets.
他的兄弟芬坦告诉BBC北爱尔兰新闻：“有传言说他在挖掘勾结内幕，调查‘忠诚志愿军’的财务状况，但从未有任何证据。”
His brother Fintan told BBC News NI there was "talk that he was digging into collusion, digging into the finances of the LVF but there was never any proof".
“当时我认为他们下手是因为马丁搬到莫恩维尤忠诚派住宅区边缘是个错误。
"At the time I believed they did it because Martin made a mistake moving up there on the outskirts of Mourneview, a loyalist estate.
马丁当时说：“战争结束了。”这不过是一厢情愿的想法，但归根结底，这是一件愚蠢的事。他让他们轻易得手，这让人终生难释怀，”芬坦说。
"Martin said at the time: 'the war is over'. It's all very well wishful thinking but at the end of the day it was a foolish thing to do. He made it easy for them and that's a very hard thing to live with," Fintan said.
“在很短的一段时间内，警方向我们保证他们会抓住凶手”，而“我们像傻瓜一样相信了他们”。
"Within a short period of time the police were assuring us they were going to catch them" and "we, like fools, believed them".
数百人排列在拉根的街道上，为马丁送葬。芬坦现在表示，他认为谋杀马丁的人是英国特工。
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Lurgan for Martin's funeral Fintan now says he believes the people who murdered Martin were British agents.
2022年，安全消息人士向BBC《聚焦》栏目透露，警方在48小时内获得了据称参与谋杀人员的名单，却未采取行动。
In 2022, security sources told a BBC Spotlight investigation that police were given names of people said to have been involved in the killing within 48 hours but did not act on the information.
芬坦说，考虑到对中阿尔斯特LVF（忠诚派志愿军）的广泛监控，认为情报机构不知道马丁遇害是经过策划的，这“简直令人难以置信”。
Fintan said, given the extensive surveillance of the Mid Ulster LVF, to believe that the intelligence service did not know Martin's murder was being planned is "just unbelievable".
他说，家属已向警务监察专员办公室提交了案件的若干细节，如果这些内容不包含在即将发布的报告中，那这份报告就“一文不值”。
He said the family have flagged a number of details about the case with the Police Ombudsman's office and if they are not included in the upcoming report then it's "not worth the paper it's written on".
他说，虽然他“抱有希望”，但家属经历了太多失望，不再抱太大期待，而是以“公事公办”的态度应对。
He said while he is "hopeful", the family have had so many disappointments they do not get their hopes built up and deal with it in a "business-like fashion".
“真相终将大白，无论它是否证实我所经历、所见、所读的一切——我对此表示怀疑。”监察专员办公室在一份声明中表示，自6月份任命杰奎·德金为新任警务监察专员以来，她一直与奥哈根家族保持联系，并“向他们保证，完成公开声明是她的首要任务之一”。
"It will come out, whether or not it confirms everything that I have experienced and seen and read – I doubt it." In a statement, the Ombudsman's office said that since her appointment as new Police Ombudsman in June, Jacqui Durkin has been in contact with the O'Hagan family and "assured them that the completion of the public statement is one of her early priorities".
“她正在积极审查公开声明草案，并将在适当时候向家属提供发布时间表。”英国政府发言人表示，马丁遇害是一起“针对言论自由的可怕袭击”，并敦促知情者向警方提供线索。"记者的安全至关重要,"他们补充道。"英国政府始终坚定致力于确保记者能够在没有威胁、恐吓或暴力的情况下开展工作。"
"She is actively reviewing the draft public statement and will provide the family with a publication timeline in due course." A UK government spokesperson said Martin's murder was a "horrific attack on freedom of speech" and urged anyone with information to contact police. "The safety of journalists is paramount," they added. "The UK government remains steadfastly committed to ensuring journalists are able to carry out their work free from threat, intimidation, or violence."
马丁·奥哈根曾激怒阿马郡准军事组织头目,特别是已被杀害的LVF领袖比利·赖特,马丁曾称其为"老鼠王"。马丁早年曾参与官方爱尔兰共和军(临时爱尔兰共和军由此分裂而出),并在1970年代初因运送武器在长凯什监狱服刑五年。
Martin O'Hagan had infuriated County Armagh paramilitary bosses, particularly murdered LVF leader Billy Wright who he labelled 'King Rat' Martin had a history of involvement in the Official IRA (the group from which the Provisional IRA would emerge) and spent five years in Long Kesh prison in the early 1970s for moving weapons.
芬坦说,他出狱后弃绝暴力,获得学位,成为一名记者。"我认为马丁曾入狱且属于官方爱尔兰共和军,这并非秘密,我认为这产生了影响,"芬坦说。"第一位[在北爱尔兰被谋杀的]记者,新闻业是言论自由和知情权的旗手,但这件事并未像本应那样引起轰动,我认为这是因为他工人阶级共和派的背景,"芬坦说。"如果连记者都保护不了,就不存在新闻或言论自由。"'
Fintan said he turned his back on violence when he got out of prison, got his degree and became a journalist. "I think the fact that Martin had been in jail and in the Official IRA, which is no secret, I think that affected things," said Fintan. "The first journalist [to be murdered in Northern Ireland], the flag bearers of free speech and the right to know is journalism, and it didn't really catch fire the way it should have, and I think it was his background of being a working-class republican," Fintan said. "If you can't protect your journalists there's no such thing as news or free speech."
记者仍持续受到威胁'理查德·沙利文 记者理查德·沙利文曾与马丁在《星期日世界报》共事 理查德·沙利文曾与马丁在《星期日世界报》共事,他说时任北爱尔兰事务大臣约翰·里德曾站在他们的办公室里承诺,将缉拿凶手,"在追捕他们时绝不留一块石头不翻"。"他还表示将确保记者能在北爱尔兰免受威胁地工作。"然而记者仍持续受到威胁,甚至延续至今日。
'Journalists continue to be threatened' Richard Sullivan Journailst Richard Sullivan worked alongide Martin at the Sunday World Richard Sullivan worked alongside Martin at the Sunday World and said the then Secretary of State John Reid stood in their offices and pledged that they would catch his killers and "no stone would be left un-turned in pursuing them". "He also said that he would ensure that journalists would be able to work in Northern Ireland free from threat. "Yet journalists continue to be threatened, even right up to this current day.
显然,在马蒂遇害25年、四分之一世纪后,仍无起诉迹象,"沙利文说。马丁的案件与五年前都柏林记者维罗尼卡·格林遇害案形成对比。
And obviously, 25 years, a quarter of a century after Marty was killed, there's no sign of a prosecution," Sullivan said. Martin's case has been contrasted with the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin in Dublin five years previously.
她曾撰写多篇揭露都柏林有组织犯罪的报道，并因此遭受威胁和殴打。
She had written several exposés of organised crime in Dublin and had been subjected to threats and beatings.
在她遇害一周内，爱尔兰政府颁布了《1996年犯罪所得法》和《1996年刑事资产局法》，规定用犯罪所得购买的资产可被政府没收，从而促成了刑事资产局（CAB）的成立。布赖恩·米汉因在格林谋杀案中扮演的角色被判有罪。“反差再大不过了”PA媒体 “当时都柏林正处于有组织犯罪战争的控制之中。维罗尼卡做了大量关于此事的报道和采访。她是合同杀人案的受害者，”沙利文说。
Within a week of her murder, the Irish government enacted the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996, so that assets purchased with money obtained through crime could be seized by the government, leading to the formation of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). Brian Meehan was convicted for his role in the murder of Guerin. 'Contrast couldn't be greater' PA Media "Dublin was in the grips of an organised crime war. And Veronica did an awful lot of reporting and covering of that. She was a victim of a contract killing," Sullivan said.
“以非常相似的方式，马蒂也遭遇了同样的命运。但在维罗尼卡的案件中，那边政府和安全部队的反应，与这里发生的情况简直是天壤之别。
"And in a very similar way, that's what happened to Marty. But in Veronica's case, the government and security force reaction down there was like night and day to what happened up here.
“如果在伦敦、曼彻斯特或利物浦，一名记者在陪妻子喝完酒走回家的路上被枪杀，这事永远不会平息，当局会动用一切资源修改法律来缉拿凶手。
"If a journalist was gunned down and shot on the streets as he walked home after a drink with his wife in London or Manchester or Liverpool, you would never hear the end of it, they would move heaven and earth to have the law changed to get these people caught.
“但在马蒂的案子里，调查只是逐渐平息并停止了，尽管他们声称案件仍在侦办中。
"But in Marty's case, the investigation just fizzled out and stopped, even though they say the case is still open.
“毫无进展，近期也看不到任何进展的迹象。反差再大不过了，”沙利文说。
"Nothing has happened, and there's no sign of anything happening in the near future. The contrast couldn't be greater," Sullivan said.
一块纪念马丁·奥哈根的匾额悬挂在《星期日世界报》办公室 芬坦将继续为哥哥遭遇的真相而战。
A plaque dedicated to Martin O'Hagan hangs in the Sunday World offices Fintan will continue to fight for answers for what happened to his older brother.
“我这么做不仅是为马丁，也是为我自己，因为如果我不做点什么，不为哥哥尽力的愧疚感会吞噬我，这真的是我唯一能做的事。”但他表示，随着时间的推移，这种可能性越来越小。
"What I'm doing is not just for Martin, it's for me because if I wasn't doing anything the guilt would kill me for not doing something for my brother, and this is really the only thing I can do." However, he said the more time passes the less likely that will happen.
“如果调查进行得不力或遭遇阻碍，时间拖得越久，关心的人就越少；只有家人、挚友和同事还在关心。”
"If you have an inquiry that's not being done properly or running into obstacles and the longer it goes on the less people care; the only people who care are family, close friends and colleagues.
如果国家牵涉其中，正如我所见所信，他们为何要竭尽全力去寻找罪魁祸首？北爱尔兰警察局（PSNI）在一份声明中表示，他们“继续呼吁掌握有关这起恶劣行径责任人信息的任何人做正确的事，告诉我们他们知道的情况”。
"If the state's involved, which I'm convinced they are with what I've seen, why would they move heaven and earth to find the culprits?" In a statement, the PSNI said they "continue to appeal anyone who has information about those responsible for this heinous act to do the right thing and tell us what they know". "As this matter is currently subject to an ongoing Police Ombudsman investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further."
由于此事目前正处于警察监察专员的持续调查中，进一步置评并不恰当。一位政府发言人表示：“马丁·奥哈根遭遇的残酷谋杀是对言论自由以及媒体在民主社会中发挥的关键作用的可怕打击。此时此刻，我们向奥哈根一家致以最深切的慰问。我们敦促任何掌握奥哈根先生死因相关信息的人与警方联系。
A Government spokesperson said: "Martin O'Hagan's brutal murder was a horrific attack on freedom of speech and the vital role that the media plays in a democratic society. Our deepest sympathies go to the O'Hagan family at this time. "We would urge anyone with information regarding the circumstances of Mr O'Hagan's death to contact the police." The Troubles Northern Ireland Lurgan