柏林聖誕集市遭卡車衝撞 9人遇難

A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, in what police described as a deliberate attack.

週一晚間，一輛卡車衝入德國首都柏林一處人流密集的聖誕市場，造成9人死亡，多達50人受傷。警方稱這是一起蓄意襲擊。

The incident occurred near the fashionable Kurfürstendamm, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, one of Berlin’s most iconic landmarks.

襲擊發生在時尚的選帝侯大街(Kurfürstendamm)附近，靠近柏林最著名的地標建築之一——德皇威廉(Kaiser Wilhelm)紀念教堂。

The driver fled the scene, but was later arrested by police. German media reports said a man he had been travelling with had been killed.

司機逃離了現場，但隨後被警方逮捕。德國媒體報道稱，與該司機同行的一名男子已被擊斃。

The black articulated lorry drove directly into the market, travelling a distance of 50-80 metres and destroying several stalls before coming to a halt. The area was quickly surrounded by a police cordon.

這輛黑色鉸接式卡車直接衝向市場，在衝撞前行大約50至80米後停下，撞毀了多個攤位。事發現場很快就被警方拉起警戒線。

Monday’s events evoked memories of an attack in France in July when Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a 19-tonne truck along the beach front in Nice, killing 86 people.

週一的事件讓人回想起今年7月法國發生的那次襲擊。當時，出生於突尼斯的穆罕默德.拉胡瓦傑.布哈勒(Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel)駕駛一輛19噸重的卡車沿尼斯海濱大道瘋狂衝撞，致使86人死亡。

Police shot the driver dead in the Nice attack, which was claimed by so-called Islamic State.

警察擊斃了尼斯襲擊中的卡車司機，自封的“伊斯蘭國”(IS)宣稱對該襲擊負責。

Television pictures showed the truck in Berlin standing amid the debris of the small wooden stalls that are a feature of the city’s many Christmas markets. Police cars and ambulances converged on the scene.

電視畫面顯示，柏林襲擊用的那輛卡車停在被撞毀的木製小攤位的廢墟中，這種木製攤位是該市許多聖誕市場的特色。現場停滿了警車和救護車。

Police tweeted that drivers should avoid the scene of the attack. “Please keep the roads free for us,” they said.

警方在Twitter上建議司機應繞行受攻擊的區域。“請爲我們讓出道路，”他們說。

Germany has been in a state of high alert after two terror attacks in Bavaria carried out by refugees who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.

德國在巴伐利亞發生兩次恐怖襲擊之後一直處於高度警戒狀態，前兩次襲擊均由宣稱效忠伊斯蘭國的難民發動。

Security officials have long warned that IS could have smuggled operatives into Germany under cover of the 1m refugees who have poured into the country since the start of 2015.

德國安全官員長期警告稱，伊斯蘭國可能在100萬難民的掩護下派遣襲擊人員潛入德國，這些難民自2015年初開始涌入德國。

Also on Monday evening, three men were seriously injured in Zurich when shots were fired in the prayer room of an Islamic centre near the city’s main station. Swiss police later confirmed they had found a dead body a few hundred metres away but were unable to confirm a connection between the two incidents.

同樣在週一晚間，在蘇黎世主要車站附近一個伊斯蘭中心的祈禱室，有槍手開槍射擊，造成三名男子重傷。瑞士警方隨後證實他們在幾百米外發現一具屍體，但無法證實兩起事件之間的聯繫。

The latest events are likely to raise fears of xenophobic and religious violence spreading in Europe, affecting smaller countries such as Switzerland as well as Germany and France.

這些最新事件可能引發對仇外心理，以及宗教暴力在歐洲蔓延的擔憂，對瑞士等較小國家以及德國和法國造成影響。