德國警方加緊追查柏林恐襲案兇手
German authorities were last night still searching for the perpetrator of Monday’s truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin after releasing the man they had arrested in the immediate aftermath of the killings.
德國有關部門昨晚仍在追查週一用卡車碾壓柏林一個聖誕市場的作案者，此前他們釋放了在這起血腥襲擊發生後不久逮捕的男子。
The federal prosecutor’s office said yesterday evening it did not have enough evidence against a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker, who had denied involvement.
聯邦檢察官辦公室昨晚表示，其沒有足夠證據對這名23歲的巴基斯坦籍尋求庇護者提出控罪，此人否認自己參與了這起襲擊。
The man was detained 2km from the scene just over an hour after a truck ploughed
這名男子是在案發一個小時多一點之後在距離案發現場2公里的地方被拘捕的。
through a market in the shadows of the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, one of West Berlin’s most famous landmarks, around 8pm on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 45.
週一晚8時左右，一輛卡車碾過西柏林最著名地標之一德皇威廉(Kaiser Wilhelm)紀念教堂附近的一個市場，造成12人遇難，45人受傷。
Chancellor Angela Merkel said authorities assumed it was a terrorist attack, though much remained uncertain.
德國總理安格拉.默克爾(Angela Merkel)表示，當局假設這是一起恐怖襲擊，儘管仍有很大一部分案情不確定。
I know it would be especially hard for us all to bear if it were confirmed that the person who committed this act was someone who sought protection and asylum, she said.
我知道，如果確認犯下這種行爲的人是當初尋求保護和庇護的人，我們大家都會感到特別想不通，她說。
Police earlier admitted that the man they had arrested may not have been involved.
警方較早時承認，他們拘捕的那名男子可能並未涉案。
According to my information it’s uncertain as to whether he really was the driver, said Berlin’s police chief, Klaus Kandt.
根據我的信息，不能確定他是否真的是駕駛者，柏林警察局長克勞斯.坎特(Klaus Kandt)表示。
Mr Kandt said eyewitnesses had seen a person climb out of the cab of the truck and flee after the attack.
坎特說，襲擊發生後，目擊者看到一個人從卡車駕駛室爬出來，然後逃離。
One person followed him for a short distance, updating police by mobile phone about his whereabouts.
一個人尾隨他走了一小段路，同時用手機向警方報告他的下落。
But Mr Kandt said the person taken into custody had not been under continuous observation from the vehicle to the arrest.
但坎特表示，被拘留的人並沒有在從逃離肇事卡車到被捕的全過程處於不間斷觀察之下。
Die Welt newspaper quoted an unnamed police officer as saying: We have the wrong man.
《世界報》(Die Welt)援引一位不具名的警官稱：我們可能抓錯了人，
And therefore a new situation.
因而面臨一個新情況。
The true perpetrator is still armed, at large and can cause fresh damage.
真正的行兇者仍然攜帶武器，仍然在逃，可能造成新的危害。
The truck belonged to a Polish haulage company and its original driver was found shot dead in the vehicle.
這輛卡車屬於一家波蘭運輸公司，其原來的司機被發現在車上被槍殺。
He had earlier been in touch with the boss of the company, Ariel Zurawski, who is also his cousin, but since 4pm on Monday all contact had ceased.
他早先聯繫了公司老闆、他的表兄弟阿里爾.祖拉夫斯基(Ariel Zurawski)，但從週一下午4時開始沒有再聯繫。
Beata Szydlo, Poland’s prime minister, confirmed that the first victim of the truck attack was a Polish citizen.
波蘭總理貝婭塔.希德沃(Beata Szydlo)證實此次卡車襲擊的第一位受害者是波蘭公民。
Thomas de Maizière, the German interior minister, said a pistol believed to have been used to kill the Polish driver had not yet been found.
德國內政部長托馬斯.德梅齊埃爾(Thomas de Maizière)表示，據信被用來殺死波蘭司機的那支手槍尚未被發現。
Critics of Ms Merkel were quick to seize on the asylum seeker status of the man originally held in custody using it
默克爾的批評者很快抓住最初被拘留男子的尋求庇護者身份做文章，使難民問題回到政治議程的首要位置。
to put the refugee issue back at the top of the political agenda just months before federal elections where she is seeking a fourth term.
德國將在幾個月後舉行聯邦選舉，屆時默克爾將尋求第四個任期。
She has already come under fire from politicians on the right, who claim her decision to throw open Germany’s borders to tens of thousands of refugees in the summer of 2015 compromised national security.
她已經受到右翼政界人士的抨擊，他們聲稱，她在2015年夏天作出的向成千上萬難民開放德國邊界的決定，危及了國家安全。
Even within Ms Merkel’s CDU/CSU bloc, there were calls for a tougher approach on immigration.
即使在默克爾的基民盟/基社盟(CDU/CSU)聯盟內部，也有人呼籲對移民問題採取更嚴厲的態度。
Horst Seehofer, leader of the CSU, the Bavarian sister party of Ms Merkel’s Christian Democrats, said the country now needed to change its immigration and security policies in light of the attack.
默克爾所在的基民盟在巴伐利亞州的姐妹黨基社盟的領導人霍斯特.澤霍費爾(Horst Seehofer)表示，此次襲擊意味着德國需要改變其移民和安全政策。
