联邦执法人员于周四逮捕了一名31岁的佐治亚州男子，他涉嫌于本周早些时候向亚特兰大市中心的一栋美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）大楼投掷莫洛托夫鸡尾酒瓶（汽油弹）。检察官将此案描述为“恐怖主义行径”。根据美国佐治亚州北区联邦检察官办公室的消息，来自道格拉斯维尔的伊尼克·辛顿被指控蓄意纵火焚烧联邦建筑以及破坏政府财产。
Federal authorities arrested a 31-year-old Georgia man Thursday for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in downtown Atlanta earlier this week, in what prosecutors described as an "act of terrorism." Inique Hinton, of Douglasville, was charged with attempted arson of a federal building and depredation of government property, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.
“对联邦财产的攻击就是对我们民主的攻击。这是一场恐怖主义行径。这是一起政治暴力行为，绝不能容忍，”美国联邦检察官西奥多·赫茨伯格在新闻发布会上表示。
"An attack on federal property is an attack against our democracy. It is an act of terrorism. It is an act of political violence, and it cannot stand," U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg said during a news conference.
据检察官称，监控摄像头拍到辛顿于周二晚上8点15分前不久，在位于特德·特纳大道180号的移民和海关执法局大楼附近行走。
According to prosecutors, security cameras captured Hinton walking near the ICE building at 180 Ted Turner Drive just before 8:15 p.m. Tuesday.
几分钟后，他涉嫌点燃一个物体并将其投向该设施，击中了外围护栏并导致火势蔓延。
Minutes later, he allegedly ignited an object and threw it toward the facility, striking the exterior fence and causing flames to spread.
n调查人员表示，他们在现场找到了烧焦的布料、打火机油、一个玻璃瓶和一个打火机。辛顿于周四在科布县的一处住宅被联邦调查局逮捕。
Investigators said they recovered burned cloth, lighter fluid, a glass bottle and a lighter at the scene. Hinton was arrested Thursday by the FBI at a residence in Cobb County.
“这显然是一起针对移民和海关执法局设施的袭击，”赫茨伯格说，并补充称检察官将以“极端的严厉态度”予以回应，因为“我们需要发出这样一个信号：这是不可接受的”。“我们可以讨论移民问题，我们可以进行文明的对话，但我们绝不能容忍三日前在我们城市发生的那类犯罪行为、恐怖主义行径，”他接着说道。
"This was obviously an attack directed at the ICE facility," Hertzberg said, adding that prosecutors would respond with "extreme severity" because "we need to send the message that this is not OK." "We can talk about immigration, we can have civil discourse, but we cannot allow criminal acts, terroristic acts, like the one that was committed three days ago in our city," he continued.
n赫茨伯格还表示，亚特兰大移民和海关执法局大楼在大约六年前的2020年夏天曾成为袭击目标。
Hertzberg also said the Atlanta ICE building had previously been targeted approximately six years earlier, during the summer of 2020.
“我想明确表示，我们不会回到那种状态，”他说。“我们绝不容忍针对政府财产和联邦执法人员的袭击。”亚特兰大警方目睹了这起事件并试图追捕嫌疑人，但当晚未能将其抓获。联邦调查局随后发布了一名身份不明的嫌疑人的影像，并悬赏最高2万美元以征集有助于确认其身份并将其逮捕的信息。
"I want to make very clear we are not going back to that," he said. "We will not tolerate attacks on government property and attacks against federal law enforcement." Atlanta police witnessed the incident and attempted to pursue the suspect but were unable to apprehend him that night. The FBI later released images of an unidentified suspect and offered a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to his identification and arrest.
如果蓄意纵火罪名成立，辛顿将面临至少5年且最高20年的联邦监狱监禁，而破坏政府财产罪名则最高可判处10年监禁。当局表示，调查仍在进行中。
Hinton faces a mandatory minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in federal prison if convicted of attempted arson, while the government-property charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years. Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing.
