伊斯兰武装分子袭击迫使患者逃离刚果埃博拉诊所 官员称至少44人死亡据卫生和联合国官员称，效忠伊斯兰国的武装分子本周在刚果民主共和国烧毁了一家收治埃博拉患者的医疗中心，迫使受感染患者在暴力冲突中逃离，造成数十人死亡。
Islamist Militant Attack Forces Patients to Flee Ebola Clinic in Congo At least 44 people were killed in a brutal assault by a group loyal to the Islamic State, officials said. The area is a hot spot of the growing Ebola outbreak. Militants affiliated with the Islamic State burned down a health center treating Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week, forcing infected patients to flee amid violence that killed dozens of people, according to health and United Nations officials.
官员称，袭击造成至少44人死亡。袭击于周四晚间在坎蒂纳-阿洛亚村附近开始，该村位于刚果东部城市贝尼以西约28英里（约45公里）处。许多房屋被烧毁，迫使居民逃离该地区。
At least 44 people were killed in the attacks, officials said. It started late Thursday around Cantine-Aloya, a village about 28 miles west of Beni, a city in eastern Congo. Many homes were burned, forcing residents to flee the area.
这场暴力冲突对遏制该国埃博拉疫情的努力构成重大打击。自5月发现首例病例以来，疫情已成为有记录以来第二大规模爆发，蔓延至刚果东部八个省的广大地区。
The violence is a major blow to efforts to contain the country’s Ebola outbreak. Since the first case was detected in May, it has already become the second-largest outbreak on record, spreading across a vast area spanning eight provinces in eastern Congo.
虽然部分地区的感染病例有所下降，但在武装团体威胁、防疫工作无法触及的地区，感染人数却在飙升。经过三十年的冲突，刚果东部存在100多个武装团体。它们控制或威胁的一些地区已成为埃博拉疫情热点，阻碍了遏制疫情迅速蔓延的紧急努力。
Infections have fallen in some areas but are soaring in places threatened by armed groups that the response effort has not reached. After three decades of conflict, over 100 armed groups are present in eastern Congo. Some of the areas they control or threaten have become Ebola hot spots, hampering urgent efforts to contain the rapidly spreading outbreak.
实施本周坎蒂纳-阿洛亚袭击的“盟军民主力量”构成的威胁尤为严峻。该组织于2019年被伊斯兰国认定为分支机构，以极其残暴的袭击手段著称，往往包括斩首、强奸和绑架儿童。
The danger is particularly acute from the Allied Democratic Forces, the group that carried out the attack this week in Cantine-Aloya. Recognized by the Islamic State as an affiliate in 2019, the A.D.F. has a reputation for especially brutal attacks that often include beheadings, rape and the abduction of children.
一份基于联合国和卫生官员现场简报的初步报告描述了周四晚和周五早在坎蒂纳-阿洛亚发生的恐怖场景。这份未公开但被《纽约时报》看到的报告称，袭击导致周五该地区抗击埃博拉的工作被迫停止。坎蒂纳-阿洛亚已记录126例埃博拉感染，其中83例目前正在接受治疗。
A preliminary report on the attack, based on briefings from U.N. and health officials on the ground, described scenes of terror in Cantine-Aloya on Thursday night and Friday morning. The report, which is not public but was seen by The New York Times, said the attack shut down efforts to fight Ebola in the area on Friday. Cantine-Aloya has recorded 126 Ebola infections, 83 of them currently under treatment.
一位当地医生告诉路透社，逃离该镇卫生设施的人员中包括一名确诊埃博拉患者和五名疑似病例患者，其中三人被视为高风险。
Among those who fled the town’s health facility were a confirmed Ebola patient and five people with suspected cases, three of whom were viewed as high risk, a local doctor told Reuters.
联合国官员称，周五晚，镇上的年轻人点燃篝火守夜，以防更多袭击。
On Friday night, young people in the town lit fires to keep watch against more attacks, U.N. officials said.
在一段相对平静期后，这是“盟军民主力量”在北基伍省发动的最新袭击，该省是埃博拉疫情最近的热点地区之一。联合国官员担心，袭击引发的突然人口流动导致数千人逃离家园，有加速病毒传播的风险。
The attacks were the latest from the A.D.F. in the province of North Kivu, one of the most recent hot spots of the Ebola outbreak, after a period of relative calm. U.N. officials fear that sudden population movements prompted by the attacks, which led thousands of people to flee their homes, risk accelerating the spread of the virus.
据一些估计，“盟军民主力量”约有700名武装分子。但准确信息稀缺，因为该组织深藏在刚果东部的森林中，与外界团体接触极少。
The A.D.F. has about 700 fighters, according to some estimates. But accurate information is scarce because the group hides deep in the forests of eastern Congo and has little contact with outside groups.
该组织有针对援助人员实施暴力的历史。2013年，“无国界医生”组织的四名员工在北基伍省的一个村庄遭“盟军民主力量”武装分子袭击并绑架。一人一年后逃脱，但其他三人至今下落不明。
The group has a history of violence against aid workers. In 2013, four employees of Doctors Without Borders were kidnapped by A.D.F. fighters in an attack on a village in North Kivu. One escaped a year later, but the three others were never found.
美国国务院于2021年将“盟军民主力量”指定为外国恐怖组织。据总部位于华盛顿的研究机构“廉政卫士”最近的一份报告，近年来该组织通过黄金贸易为其活动提供资金。
The State Department designated the A.D.F. as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 2021. In recent years it has funded its activities through the gold trade, according to a recent report by the Sentry, a research body based in Washington.
德克兰·沃尔什是《纽约时报》驻肯尼亚内罗毕的首席非洲记者。他此前曾在开罗报道中东事务，并在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡任职。
Declan Walsh is the chief Africa correspondent for The Times based in Nairobi, Kenya. He previously reported from Cairo, covering the Middle East, and Islamabad, Pakistan.