英國頻發襲警事件！警察執勤時被拖行至死，引發大規模謀殺調查…

Police officer』s death sparks sweeping murder inquiry

一名警官的死亡引發了一場大規模的謀殺調查

來源：衛報 翻譯：世界播

A widescale murder investigation is under way, with 10 suspects arrested including a 13-year-old boy, after a newlywed police officer was struck by a vehicle and killed in the line of duty in Berkshire.

一名新婚警察在伯克郡執勤時被一輛汽車拖行，隨後10名嫌疑人被捕，其中包括一名13歲的男孩。一場大規模的謀殺調查正在進行中。

PC Andrew Harper of Thames Valley police was responding to reports of a burglary with a crewmate when he was dragged along the road by a vehicle after leaving his car at a crossroads on the A4 near Sulhamstead at 11.30pm on Thursday.

接到一起入室行竊報警電話後，泰晤士河谷警局的警察安德魯·哈珀與一名同事出動了，周四晚11點30分在蘇哈姆斯特德附近的A4公路十字路口下車後，他被一輛汽車沿路拖行。

The 28-year-old, who married four weeks ago, was described as a popular and well-regarded officer who had been with the police service since 2010.

這位28歲的警官於四周前結婚，自2010年以來一直在警局工作，大家都說他平時很受歡迎且頗受尊敬。

Harper』s death comes as concerns mount over the threat to officers. Last week, a Metropolitan police officer, Stuart Outten, survived a machete attack after stopping a van in east London and a West Midlands police officer, Gareth Phillips, was run over by a suspected car thief in Birmingham. Phillips remains in hospital.

哈珀之死引發了人們對警方面臨威脅的擔憂。上周，一名倫敦警察斯圖爾特·奧滕在東倫敦攔下一輛麵包車後在被砍刀襲擊下倖存，另西米德蘭茲郡警察加雷斯·菲利普斯在伯明翰被一名涉嫌偷車的人開車碾過，仍在醫院接受救治。

In the year to the end of March 2019, there were more than 30,000 assaults on police officers in England and Wales including British Transport Police. Assaults on officers that resulted in injuries rose by 27% from the previous year.

在截至2019年3月底的一年裡，英格蘭和威爾士發生了超過3萬起針對警察的襲擊事件，其中包括英國交通警察。導致警察受傷的襲擊案件比前一年增加了27%。

Boris Johnson was among public figures who paid tribute to the officer. The prime minister said the death was 「the most powerful reminder that police officers up and down the country put themselves at risk every single day to keep us safe」.

鮑里斯·約翰遜是向這位警員致敬的其中一位公眾人物。他表示，這起死亡事件「最有力地提醒人們，全國上下的警察每天都在把自己置於危險之中，以確保我們的安全」。

Thames Valley police』s flags were flying at half mast on Friday and its chief constable, John Campbell, told a press conference that Harper had been dragged along the road by a vehicle, leaving a 「distressing scene」.

泰晤士河谷警方周五降半旗致哀，警察局長約翰·坎貝爾在新聞發布會上說，哈珀被一輛汽車沿路拖行，留下了「令人痛心的一幕」。

He noted the recent attacks and the threat to officers. 「Police officers, day in day out, face the kind of challenges and physical violence that often result in assault,」 he said.

他指出了最近的襲擊事件以及對警察的威脅。他說：「警察每天都要面對各種挑戰和身體暴力，而這些往往會導致受到攻擊。」

Ten suspects – all male and aged between 13 and 30 – have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in police custody. They were arrested at a number of locations within an hour of the incident.

十名犯罪嫌疑人，均為男性，年齡在13歲至30歲之間，因涉嫌謀殺而被捕，目前被警方拘留。他們在事件發生後一小時內在多個地點被捕。

Throughout Friday, two blue and white tents were erected at the scene of Harper』s death and forensic investigators gathered items from the road and took photographs.

整個周五，兩頂藍白相間的帳篷豎立在哈珀的死亡現場，法醫調查人員從道路上收集物品並拍照。

Campbell said a postmortem was being conduced to confirm the cause of death. He could not confirm or deny whether Harper had been involved in a pursuit or whether a device that punctures the tyres of moving vehicles – had been used.

局長坎貝爾說，正在進行屍檢以確定死因。他不能證實或否認哈珀是否參與了追捕，也不能確定事件中是否有人用到了一種刺穿行駛車輛輪胎的裝置。

Harper is the first officer to be killed on duty since March 2017, when unarmed PC Keith Palmer was stabbed by Khalid Masood during the Westminster Bridge terror attack.

哈珀是自2017年3月以來第一個在執行任務時被殺的警官，當年非武裝警察基思·帕爾默在威斯敏斯特大橋的恐怖襲擊中被哈立德·馬蘇德刺死。

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