
两名英国男子因上个月在费尔福德皇家空军基地(RAF Fairford)发生的一起事件,被控犯有危害国家安全罪。
Two British men have been charged with national security offences following an incident at RAF Fairford last month.
24岁的穆罕默德·阿卜杜勒卡里姆(Mohmed Abdulkarim)和24岁的努曼·埃斯吉尔(Nouman Essghir)根据《2023年国家安全法案》被起诉。
Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, were charged under the National Security Act 2023.
居住在伦敦的阿卜杜勒卡里姆被控协助外国情报机构——据称是伊朗——此前警方在过去一周对他进行了警示讯问。同样居住在伦敦的埃斯吉尔被控为损害英国利益的目的进入禁地。
Abdulkarim, of London, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service - allegedly Iran - after police interviewed him under caution in the last week. Essghir, also of London, has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK.
反恐警察表示,这两名男子将于今日出席威斯敏斯特地方法院(Westminster Magistrates' Court)聆讯。
Counter terror police said the two men would appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
埃斯吉尔是上周被重新逮捕的两名男子之一——他最初于9月27日在格洛斯特郡的现场被捕。
Essghir was one of two men re-arrested last week - having originally been arrested at the scene in Gloucestershire on 27 September.
第二名男子已被释放且不予起诉,但因其于10月1日的首次被捕,目前仍处于警方保释状态。
The second man has been released without charge, but remains under police bail following his first arrest on 1 October.
皇家检控署(CPS)特别犯罪与反恐部门首席检控官弗兰克·弗格森(Frank Ferguson)表示:“皇家检控署决定依据《国家安全法案》起诉两名涉案人员,此前反恐警方就一起涉及费尔福德皇家空军基地的高关注度事件展开了调查。
Frank Ferguson, Chief Crown Prosecutor for the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: "The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to prosecute two individuals with National Security Act offences following a Counter Terrorism Policing investigation into a high-profile incident involving RAF Fairford.
“随着这项复杂调查的继续,我们将继续与合作伙伴密切合作。” 调查期间被捕的其他五名男子仍处于警方保释状态。
"We will continue to work closely with our partners as this complex investigation continues." Five other men arrested during the investigation remain on police bail.
英国国家反恐警务主管、助理专员劳伦斯·泰勒(Laurence Taylor)在新闻发布会上表示:“在这样敏感的调查中,将情报转化为证据可能需要时间。” 泰勒先生说,过去几周来,数十名警官和工作人员一直在做这项工作——审查大量监控录像,以及作为调查一部分被扣押的数十台数字设备的内容。
Head of National Counter Terrorism Policing in the UK, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor, said in a press conference: "In sensitive investigations like this, it can take time to convert intelligence into evidence." Mr Taylor said this is what scores of officers and staff had been doing over the last few weeks - reviewing extensive CCTV footage, as well as the contents of dozens of digital devices seized as part of the investigation.
“尽管一些情况仍不清楚,但我们确信这一活动是代表某个外国情报机构进行的。”他接着表示,涉及代理人的调查需要时间来查明涉案人员当时知道什么。
"While some of the circumstances remain unclear, we are confident that this activity was conducted on behalf of a foreign intelligence service." He went on to say that investigations involving proxies take time to establish what individuals involved knew.
“有时,个人可能完全不知情,甚至只是部分知晓他们被要求代表外国从事的活动。有时他们完全知情。这不是理论上的威胁。这是我们在反恐警务中每天都在应对的事情,尤其是在涉及伊朗的案件中,”他补充道。
"Sometimes individuals can have no knowledge at all, or even partial knowledge of what they're being asked to do on behalf of foreign states. Sometimes they have full knowledge. This is not a theoretical threat.
他敦促公众报告任何令他们担忧的情况,并强调,“这些报告能够也确实会产生影响。”
This is something we are responding to every day at counter-terrorism policing, particularly in the case of Iran," he added.
一项复杂的调查 9月27日,三辆可疑货车在格洛斯特郡的空军基地附近被拦下。
He urged the public to report anything that they're worried about, stressing that "those reports can and do make a difference".
本月早些时候,美国将其轰炸机从英国皇家空军费尔福德基地撤出。
A complex investigation Three suspicious vans were stopped near the airbase in Gloucestershire on 27 September.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普随后在白宫外告诉记者,“威胁”导致他作出了撤走包括B-1、B-2和B-52在内的轰炸机的决定。
Earlier this month, the US removed its bombers from RAF Fairford. US President Donald Trump later told reporters outside the White House that "threats" led to the decision to remove the bombers, including B-1s, B-2s and B-52s.
然而,安迪·伯纳姆首相的发言人坚称,该皇家空军基地仍然安全。
However, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Andy Burnham insisted the RAF base remains secure.