SRI LANKA TERROR ATTACKS: ISLAMIST GROUP NATIONAL THOWHEED JAMATH BLAMED FOR BOMBINGS HAS FOREIGN LINKS, GOVERNMENT SAYS
近300人遇难500人受伤，谁制造了斯里兰卡最严重恐袭?
The Sri Lankan government said the Easter Sunday bombings that killed at least 290 people were carried out by an Islamist militant group with the assistance of an international network. The small, local extremist group, called National Thowheed Jamath, has been accused of committing the attacks on churches and hotels, which left a further 500 injured, although no group has yet come forward to claim responsibility.
据美国《新闻周刊》网站的消息：斯里兰卡政府表示，在国际网络的帮助下，伊斯兰教激进分子团体实施的复活节爆炸案已导致至少290人死亡。尽管目前尚未有组织公开宣称对此次袭击案件负责，但本土小规模极端组织“全国认主学大会组织”（National Thowheed Jamath）已被指责对教堂和酒店发起了多起袭击，已造成超过500人受伤。
Thirteen people have so far been arrested in connection with the attacks, which occurred in or around the capital of Columbo. According to Reuters, seven suicide bombers were responsible for the attacks, and it is likely they had help from international links.
截至目前，已有13人因涉嫌斯里兰卡首都科隆坡及其周边区域的袭击案件而遭逮捕。据英国路透社的报道，7名自杀引爆者对此次袭击负责，并有可能通过国际联系获取了帮助。
“We do not believe these attacks were carried out by a group of people who were confined to this country,” Health Minister and Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said. “There was an international network without which these attacks could not have succeeded.”
斯里兰卡卫生部长、内阁发言人瑞吉塔•塞纳拉特纳(Rajitha Senaratne)表示：“我们不相信这些袭击完全由本国的团体进行，必然有国际网络的帮助，否则袭击不会成功。”
A statement from President Maithripala Sirisena’s office said he would be seeking information on who was responsible for plotting the attacks. "The intelligence reports [indicate] that foreign terrorist organizations are behind the local terrorists. Therefore, the president is to seek the assistance of the foreign countries," a spokesperson said, reported the BBC.
斯里兰卡总统迈特里帕拉•西里塞纳（Maithripala Sirisena）办公厅在一份声明中表示，总统在寻找策划袭击案的负责人员的信息。有情报报道（表明）外国恐怖组织在幕后支持了这些当地恐怖主义分子。因此，斯里兰卡总统将寻求其他国家的帮助，英国广播公司（BBC）援引一名发言人的消息称。
National Thowheed Jamath is a relatively unknown group that has not been linked to any previous major attacks. However, the group's visibility increased in 2018, after its members were accused of vandalizing a number of Buddhist statues in the country.
“全国认主学大会组织”是一个相对不知名的团体，同此前任何重大袭击事件并无关联。不过，在“全国认主学大会组织”成员被指责在境内蓄意破环大量佛教雕塑后，这个团体的关注度在2018年有了显著增长。
Sri Lankan authorities also confirmed that they were warned about the possibility of attacks, and even had the names of potential suspects, two weeks before the deadly blasts occurred.
斯里兰卡当局也证实，在致命性爆炸案发生前两周就收到有潜在袭击的警告，甚至持有嫌疑犯的名字。
“On 9 April, the chief of national intelligence wrote a letter, and in this letter many of the names of the members of the terrorist organization were written down,” Senaratne told a press conference, according to The Guardian. "The prime minister was not informed by these letters and revelations. We are not trying to evade responsibility, but these are the facts. We were surprised to see these reports."
“4月9日，国家情报局长写了一封信，信中列有该恐怖组织许多成员的名字，”英国《卫报》援引斯里兰卡卫生部长、内阁发言人瑞吉塔•塞纳拉特纳在一场新闻发布会上的发言称。“总理没有从这些信件和真相得到信息。虽然我们不会试图逃避责任，但这些都是事实。看到这些报道，我们感到很惊讶。”
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, whom the president attempted to have fired from his position in October 2018, urged a review into what was done with the intelligence. "We must look into why adequate precautions were not taken. Neither I nor the ministers were kept informed,” he said.
斯里兰卡总理拉尼尔•维克拉马辛哈（Ranil Wickremesinghe）呼吁对此次情报处理事宜进行复审。他说：“我们必须检查自身为什么没有做好充足的预防措施。我和部长都不知情。”2018年10月，斯里兰卡总统曾试图解雇总理拉尼尔•维克拉马辛哈的职务。
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the archbishop of Colombo, said, “We placed our hands on our heads when we came to know that these deaths could have been avoided. Why this was not prevented?” reported Associated Press.
另据美联社报道，科隆坡红衣主教马尔科姆•兰吉特曾表示:“在知道这些死亡本能够避免的时候，我们是扼首叹息。为什么这未能预防呢？”（译：李维瑾）
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