
约旦安全部队在周一的一场枪战后逮捕了两名兄弟及其妹夫,此前发生了一起教堂袭击事件,造成九人死亡。资深政府安全官员表示,嫌疑人似乎与其他团伙没有关联。
Jordanian security forces arrested two brothers and their brother-in-law after a shoot-out on Monday over a church attack that killed nine people, and the suspects appear to have no ties to other cells, senior government security officials said.
“真主保佑,他们仅代表他们自己,”约旦公共安全部局长、少将奥贝达拉·迈塔说。
“God willing, they only represent themselves,” Jordan’s Director of Public Security, Major-General Obeidallah al-Maaytah, said.
在约旦,此类暴力事件极为罕见。约旦是中东地区相对稳定的美国盟友。周五针对基督教少数群体的袭击促使阿卜杜拉国王下令安全部队以“铁腕”回应。
Such violence is highly unusual in Jordan, a relatively stable US ally in the Middle East, and Friday’s attack on the Christian minority prompted King Abdullah to order security forces to respond with an “iron fist”.
在新闻发布会上,迈塔和内政部长马曾·法拉亚表示,该国不会容忍极端恐怖主义。
In a press conference, al-Maaytah and Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya said the country would not tolerate extremist terrorism.
“案件尚未结案;调查仍在进行中。截至目前,没有迹象表明他们与其他团伙有关联,”法拉亚补充道。
“The file has not yet been closed; investigations are still ongoing. As of today, there are no indications of any links between them and other cells,” al-Faraya added.
周五,在距首都安曼西南约120公里(75英里)的哈穆德村,一座希腊东正教教堂的葬礼上发生袭击,除9人死亡外,还有34人受伤,令基督教社区感到震惊。目击者称,枪手开火持续了数分钟。安全官员表示,住在哈穆德村附近的嫌疑人将受到法律制裁。
Friday’s assault during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud, about 120km (75 miles) southwest of the capital, Amman, also wounded 34 others, alarming a Christian community. Witnesses said gunmen opened fire for several minutes. The suspects, who lived near Hamoud, will face justice, said the security officials.
路透社视频画面显示,卡拉克省朱代达村的一栋建筑因交火而弹孔密布。
Reuters video footage showed a building pockmarked by the exchange of fire in the village of al-Judayyda, in Karak governorate.
约旦公共安全部门在官方媒体发布的声明中表示,安全部队在一栋废弃房屋中发现了藏身的嫌疑人。他们拒绝投降并攻击安全部队,安全部队还击并逮捕了所有三人,嫌疑人在枪战中受伤。
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said in a statement carried by state media that security forces located the suspects while hiding in an abandoned house. They refused to surrender and attacked security forces, who returned fire and arrested all three after wounding them.
无安保人员受伤,安全部队在嫌疑人身上缴获了数支枪支和若干弹药。目前无组织认领责任。
No security personnel were injured, and security forces found a number of firearms and rounds of ammunition in the suspects’ possession. There has been no claim of responsibility.
公共安全部门表示:“恐怖主义在我们中间没有立足之地,”并补充说嫌疑人已得到“应有的下场”。
“Terrorism has no place among us,” the directorate said, adding that the suspects had met their “just fate”.
公安局未公布嫌疑人姓名,也未公开指出他们可能与任何伊斯兰激进组织有关联。
The Public Security Directorate did not name the suspects or publicly identify possible affiliations with any Islamist militant groups.
法拉亚表示,当局正在审视导致年轻人走向极端主义的原因,并将追究任何参与袭击者的责任。
Al-Faraya said the authorities were reviewing the circumstances that led young people towards extremism and would hold accountable any participants in the attack.