
警方表示,在北爱尔兰发现的炸药库据信与极右翼恐怖主义有关。10月30日和31日,警方在贝尔法斯特香基尔路地区进行搜查时,发现了17个简易爆炸装置及其他材料。
An arsenal of explosive devices discovered in Northern Ireland is believed to be linked to far-right terrorism, police have said. The stash of 17 improvised explosive devices and other material was found during searches in the Shankill Road area of Belfast on 30 and 31 October.
北爱尔兰警察局周三表示:“调查与极右翼恐怖主义有关。目前没有进一步消息。”
"The investigation is linked to extreme rightwing terrorism. There is nothing further at this time," the Police Service of Northern Ireland said on Wednesday.
据《贝尔法斯特电讯报》报道,这是北爱尔兰有史以来缴获的与极右翼有关的最大一批武器。
It was the largest haul of weaponry linked to the far right ever seized in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reported.
搜查和安全行动中,警方发现了这些爆炸装置以及两个雷管和五支电击枪。一名男子被捕。
The explosive devices were found with two detonators and five stun guns during a search and security operation. One man was arrested.
35岁的韦斯利·托马斯·弗莱彻住在利奥波德街,他于周一在贝尔法斯特地方法院出庭,面临两项在可疑情况下持有爆炸物的指控和一项持有违禁武器(泰瑟枪)的指控。
Wesley Thomas Fletcher, 35, of Leopold Street, appeared at Belfast magistrates court on Monday to face two charges of possession of explosives under suspicious circumstances and one charge of possession of a prohibited weapon, a Taser.
当被问及是否理解这些指控时,弗莱彻回答说“是”。他没有申请保释,被还押候审,下次听证会定于11月30日举行。
When asked if he understood the charges, Fletcher replied "Yes". No application for bail was made and he was remanded in custody with the next hearing scheduled for 30 November.
这一发现正值北爱尔兰种族仇恨事件和针对移民的袭击日益引起人们警惕之际。
The discovery comes amid growing alarm about race hate incidents and attacks on immigrants in Northern Ireland.
连续三个夏天的骚乱使效忠派与英国极右翼煽动者之间建立了联系,一些人渡过爱尔兰海,前往贝尔法斯特和其他城镇的冲突爆发点。
Riots over three consecutive summers have forged connections between loyalists and far-right agitators in Britain, with some crossing the Irish Sea to be at flashpoints in Belfast and other towns.
10月12日,社会民主工党领袖克莱尔·汉纳在美国印第安纳州圣母大学对听众说,北爱尔兰“正在成为极右翼的迪士尼乐园”。
Claire Hanna, the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour party, told an audience at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, US, on 12 October that Northern Ireland was "becoming a Disneyland for the far right".
国际特赦组织英国分会国家和地区负责人帕特里克·科里根表示,发现显然与极右翼有关的爆炸物和枪支令人震惊,但并不意外。
Patrick Corrigan, Amnesty International UK's head of nations and regions, said the discovery of explosives and firearms apparently linked to the far right was shocking but not unsurprising.
他补充说:“北爱尔兰多年来一直忍受着不断升级的种族主义暴力,付出了毁灭性的人力代价——孩子们上学时担惊受怕,家庭不敢离开自己的家,整个社区生活在恐惧和恐吓的氛围中。”
"Northern Ireland has already endured years of escalating racist violence, with devastating human costs – children going to school frightened, families afraid to leave their homes, and entire communities living in a climate of fear and intimidation," he added.
“这次警方调查表明,极右翼极端分子现在可能正试图将这种暴力推向更加令人恐惧的程度。就在上个月,军情五处警告称,右翼极端分子‘正滑向恐怖主义意图’,例如策划袭击移民和穆斯林。贝尔法斯特的这一发现指向的威胁并非存在于未来,而是明确而现实的危险。”
"This police investigation suggests far-right extremists may now be seeking to take that violence to an even more terrifying level. Just last month, MI5 warned that rightwing extremists 'are tipping into terrorist intent' such as planning attacks on migrants and Muslims. This find in Belfast points to a threat that does not lie in the future, but is a clear and present danger."