一名涉嫌驾车冲撞澳大利亚议员的男子据其父亲称是该议员的家庭朋友。
A man accused of ramming a car into an Australian MP was her family friend, his father has said.
43岁的布伦丹·纳根特(Brendan Nugent)据称于周一在墨尔本东北部旺加拉塔(Wangaratta)海伦·海恩斯(Helen Haines)的选区办公室外,两次驾驶丰田陆地巡洋舰撞向海恩斯。
Brendan Nugent, 43, allegedly twice drove his Toyota Landcruiser into Helen Haines on Monday outside her constituency office in Wangaratta, north-east of Melbourne.
65岁的海恩斯因袭击导致一条腿被截肢,墨尔本阿尔弗雷德医院(Alfred hospital)的医生正在全力抢救另一条腿。
Ms Haines, 65, had to have one leg amputated because of the attack, and doctors at the Alfred hospital in Melbourne were working to save the other.
嫌疑人被认定为一名环保活动家,此前曾在社交媒体上批评英国支持以色列。
The suspect was identified as an environmental activist who had previously criticised Britain for supporting Israel on social media.
嫌疑人父亲罗德·纳根特(Rod Nugent)发表声明称,他家与海恩斯相识20年,并承诺协助警方调查这起“骇人听闻的罪行”。
Rod Nugent, the suspect’s father, released a statement saying his family have been friends with Ms Haines for 20 years, and promising to help police investigate the “horrific crime”.
海恩斯周一遇袭后被送往医院“海伦·海恩斯是我们当地社区一位备受尊敬、珍视和深爱的成员,”该家庭表示。
Ms Haines being taken to hospital on Monday after the attack“Helen Haines is a deeply respected valued and much-loved member of our local community,” the family said.
“海伦是我们相识20多年的朋友,昨天发生在她身上的事令人心碎、难以置信。我们所有的爱和思念都与海伦及其家人朋友同在。”纳根特先生于下午3点35分左右(格林威治标准时间凌晨4点34分)被捕,此前曾被一名在附近工作的理发师控制。
“Helen has been our friend for over 20 years and what happened to her yesterday is devastating and unfathomable. All our love and all of our thoughts are with Helen and her family and friends.”Mr Nugent was arrested at around 3.35pm (4.34am GMT), after having been detained by a barber who had been working nearby The incident has intensified concerns about politicians’ security in Australia amid mounting threats, with Anthony Albanese, the prime minister, describing the attack as a “dark and terrible” day for the nation.
这起事件加剧了人们对澳大利亚政客安全的担忧,因为威胁与日俱增,总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯(Anthony Albanese)将此次袭击描述为国家的“黑暗而可怕”的一天。警方表示袭击动机仍不清楚,侦探周二正在讯问纳根特先生。
Detectives were questioning Mr Nugent on Tuesday, as police said the motivation for the attack remained unclear.
纳根特先生此前曾在社交媒体上赞扬因迪选区(Indi)独立议员海恩斯的亲环保立场。他们也都经常谴责澳大利亚政府对加沙战争的回应。
Mr Nugent had previously praised Ms Haines, an independent MP in the seat of Indi, on social media for her pro-environmental stance. They also both regularly condemned the Australian government’s response to the war in Gaza.
纳根特先生的网络记录显示,他从环保活动家转变为反对以色列和澳大利亚政府的人士。
Mr Nugent’s online history shows a shift from environmental campaigner to opponent of Israel and the Australian government.
据报道,在周一发生的事件中,撞击海恩斯女士的汽车。在2024年的一条帖子中,他在前英国首相斯塔默爵士呼吁以色列停止加沙战争后,批评了斯塔默。
The car that reportedly hit Ms Haines during the incident on Monday In one post in 2024, he criticised Sir Keir Starmer after the former British prime minister called on Israel to stop the war in Gaza.
“以色列轰炸拉法无辜民众的唯一原因,是因为像你这样的人给了他们外交掩护和军事援助,让他们得以这么做,”纳根特写道。
“The only reason Israel bombs innocent people in Rafah is because people like you give them the diplomatic cover and military assistance to do it,” Mr Nugent wrote.
在另一条帖子中,他回复了澳大利亚外交部长黄英贤:“除了给予以色列杀害数千名儿童的豁免权外,你在任何事情上都没有表态清楚。”他最近的一条帖子发布于10月18日,内容涉及意大利对以色列国防部长卡茨的调查。“这项调查还涉及以色列军队在处理和拘留过程中实施的性虐待,包括强奸,”他写道。纳根特拥有墨尔本大学环境科学硕士学位。在其他帖子中,纳根特表示他患有“慢性疼痛”且“身无分文”。
In another post, he replied to Penny Wong, the Australian foreign affairs minister: “You have not been clear on anything other than giving Israel impunity to kill thousands of children.”His most recent post on Oct 18 was about an Italian investigation into Israel Katz, the Israeli defence minister. “This investigation also involves sexual abuse, including rape, during processing and detention by Israeli forces,” he wrote. Mr Nugent holds a master’s degree in environmental science from the University of Melbourne. In other posts, Mr Nugent said he was living with “chronic pain” and was “broke”.
“我有硕士学位,H1平均分(注:通常指一等荣誉平均分),仍然无法获得我工作所需的基本援助。尝试过很多次。残疾养老金不足以应对,所以我因医疗开支而长期拮据,”他说。
“I have a masters degree, H1 average, still can get the basic assistance I need to work. Tried many times. Disability pension not enough to manage it so I’m constantly broke spending on health,” he said.
据信是纳根特的男子在袭击后被看到坐在警车后座。据了解,纳根特将在接受警方讯问前接受精神健康评估。
A man believed to be Mr Nugent seen in the back of a police van following the attack It is understood that Mr Nugent will undergo a mental health assessment before a police interview.
澳大利亚联邦警察局长巴雷特表示,这起撞车事件似乎是一起“孤立事件”。
Krissy Barrett, the Australian Federal Police commissioner, said the car-ramming appeared to be an “isolated incident”.
“目前没有已知威胁与此事有关,”她说。“维多利亚州警方和联邦警察正在密切合作,以确定潜在指控。”警方人员被看到正在搜查纳根特位于塔拉温吉的房产,该镇人口约400人,位于旺加拉塔以东。
“There are no known threats connected to this matter,” she said. “Victoria Police and the AFP are working closely together to identify potential charges.”Officers were seen searching Mr Nugent’s property in Tarrawingee, a town of 400 people east of Wangaratta.
目击者称,周一他们看到嫌疑人的白色兰德酷路泽在该镇主街上掉头,随后驶入停车场并撞上了海恩斯女士。
Witnesses on Monday saw the suspect’s white Landcruiser perform a U-turn on the town’s main street before pulling into a car park and hitting Ms Haines.
她周一早些时候一直在选区出席一个狗公园的启用仪式,当时她正在办公室外从车上卸载物品,一辆陆地巡洋舰向她驶来。目击者称,纽根特先生手持一把刀,看起来“神志不清”。
She had been attending the opening of a dog park in her constituency earlier on Monday and was unpacking her car outside her office when the Landcruiser drove towards her. Mr Nugent was armed with a knife and seemed “delirious”, bystanders said.
周一的汽车冲撞事件现场澳大利亚内政部长托尼·伯克表示:“目击者描述的情况是,司机掉头进入停车场……用汽车将海伦撞向另一辆车,然后倒车进行第二次撞击。”
The scene of the car-ramming incident on Monday Tony Burke, Australia’s home affairs minister, said: “What witnesses have described is the driver doing a U-turn to get into the car park... to ram Helen against a vehicle, then to reverse and do it a second time.
“一名目击者跑向现场,将司机从车里拉出来并将其按住,直到警察赶到。”
“A bystander ran towards the scene, got the driver out of the vehicle and held the driver until police arrived.”
纽根特被理发师里基·杰弗里斯缴械并扣留,杰弗里斯说:“他确实有一把刀……他没有拔出来。我只是对他的举动感到不安,所以我基本上就是从他口袋里把刀掏出来扔掉了。”另一名目击者告诉《悉尼先驱晨报》,他们看到那辆车多次撞击海恩斯女士。
Mr Nugent was disarmed and detained by Ricky Jeffries, a barber, who said: “He did have a knife... He didn’t pull it out. I just wasn’t comfortable with his movements, and so I basically just took it out of his pocket and threw it away.”Another witness told The Sydney Morning Herald that they saw the car hit Ms Haines several times.
目击者用临时绷带包扎了她的腿并报警。不久后,警官们扣留了纽根特,海恩斯女士被送往医院,随后被用飞机运往墨尔本。
Bystanders applied makeshift bandages to her legs and called for police. Officers detained Mr Nugent a short time later and Ms Haines was taken to hospital before being flown to Melbourne.
一名男子在海恩斯女士的办公室外手持澳大利亚国旗纽根特的网络发帖似乎都没有对海恩斯女士表现出过度的敌意。
A man holds an Australian flag outside Ms Haines’s office None of Mr Nugent’s online posts appeared overly hostile towards Ms Haines.
在2019年——为了回应她分享的一档关注农业未来的时事节目的电视新闻片段——纽根特回复海恩斯女士称:“要是能把一位重视气候变化的政治人物(比如你自己)包含进去就好了。”他还分享过赞同她上任的帖子,并在一个批评其选区内存在所谓保守党资助的“反独立宣传”的帖子中标记了她。
In 2019 – in response to her sharing a television news clip from a current affairs programme focused on the future of farming – Mr Nugent replied to Ms Haines: “Would’ve been nice to include a politician who takes climate change seriously, such as yourself.”He had also shared posts endorsing her appointment and tagged her in one criticising alleged Conservative-funded “anti-independent propaganda” in her electorate.
维多利亚州警察局警司阿什利·梅森向当地媒体表示,在袭击发生之前,警方并没有掌握“将[纽根特]纳入我们的视线”作为潜在社区危险的情报。
Supt Ashley Mason, of Victoria Police, told local media that the force did not have intelligence “that put [Mr Nugent] on our radar” as a potential danger to the community before the attack.
他因在2022年被送达临时干预令,为当地警方所知。该命令后被旺加拉塔地方法院驳回,且未记录定罪。
He was known to local police after being served an interim intervention order in 2022. The order was later dismissed by Wangaratta magistrates’ court and no conviction recorded.
海恩斯女士与丈夫菲尔2024年在堪培拉国会大厦 澳大利亚政客通常在公共场合不设安保自由活动,针对他们的暴力行为很少见。然而,澳大利亚安全主管周二警告称,公众人物面临的危险日益增加,行为正从网络上充满仇恨的咒骂转向现实世界的威胁。
Ms Haines with her husband Phil at Parliament House in Canberra in 2024 Acts of violence against Australian politicians, who generally mingle in public without security, are rare. However, Australian security chiefs warned on Tuesday that public figures were increasingly in danger and that behaviour was shifting from hate-filled rants online to real-world threats.
根据总理办公室的数据,澳大利亚政客在上一财年记录了1067起威胁,申请个人保护的议员人数创历史新高。
Australian politicians recorded 1,067 threats last financial year, and more MPs than ever before applied for personal protection, according to the prime minister’s office.
当被问及纳根特在墨尔本大学的经历时,一位发言人表示:“我们的思念与海伦·海恩斯博士、她的家人、朋友、团队以及她的社区同在,他们正处于极其困难的时刻。” 海恩斯女士曾是一名助产士,她以健康议题为竞选平台,并在2019年当选后承诺做“更强环境保护措施的坚定倡导者”。她支持改革澳大利亚的自然保护法,其中包括对环境破坏者加重处罚。
Asked about Mr Nugent’s time at the University of Melbourne, a spokesman said: “Our thoughts are with Dr Helen Haines, her family, her friends, her team, and her community at this extremely difficult time.”A former midwife, Ms Haines had campaigned on a health platform and also promised to be a “strong advocate for stronger environmental protections” after she was elected in 2019. She backed reforms to Australia’s conservation laws that included stronger penalties for environmental vandals.
她还经常谈及巴勒斯坦人的困境,并敦促阿尔巴尼斯政府向以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡施压,停止在加沙的战斗。
She had also regularly spoken of the plight of Palestinians and had urged the Albanese government to put pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, to stop fighting in Gaza.