美國查爾斯頓槍擊案導致9人喪生

Charleston police have confirmed that nine people were killed in an attack on one of the southern city’s historic black churches that will prompt another reassessment of race relations in the US.

美國南部城市查爾斯頓的警方確認，當地時間週三晚在該市一座歷史悠久的黑人教堂發生的槍擊案，導致9人喪生。這一事件將引發對美國種族關係的再次討論。

Police, speaking for the first times after the shooting occurred, said that the suspect in the shootings, described as a 21-year-old white male, was still at large. officials described the attack as a “hate crime”.

當地警方在槍擊案發生後的首次表態中稱，槍擊案嫌疑人仍未落網。據稱，嫌疑人是一名21歲的白人男子。官方表示，這次襲擊事件是一次“仇恨犯罪(hate crime，指針對某一特定社會羣體成員的歧視性犯罪行爲——譯者注)”。

The scale of the tragedy will only further inflame racial tensions in a city — and in a nation — that has only recently seen a flare-up of anger over the killing of an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, by North Charleston police. It also comes at time when the US been racked by divisions between black men and its police force.

最近，北查爾斯頓警方擊斃了未攜帶武器的黑人沃爾特•斯科特(Walter Scott)，引發了公衆的怒火。此外，黑人和警方之間的分歧也在撕裂整個美國社會。最新槍擊案對該市緊張的種族關係將是一次火上澆油。

The shooting occurred at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, which has a history among black American churches going back to 1791

槍擊事件發生在伊曼紐爾非裔衛理聖公會教堂(Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church)。這一黑人教堂的歷史可以回溯至1791年。

“The only reason someone would walk into a church and shoot people that were praying is hate,” said Charleston Mayor Joseph P Riley

查爾斯頓市長約瑟夫•P•賴利(Joseph P Riley)表示：“一個人走進教堂，槍擊在那裏祈禱的人們，唯一可能的動機就是仇恨。”

According to Charleston officials, eight people died at the scene, Two people were taken to the Medical University of South Carolina, and one of them died on the way.

根據查爾斯頓官方的說法，8人在槍擊案中當場死亡，兩人被送往南卡羅來納醫藥大學(Medical University of South Carolina)，其中一人在途中喪生。