德国追捕突尼斯籍卡车恐袭疑犯

A manhunt is under way across Europe after German authorities issued an appeal for information about the suspect in Monday’s deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market.

德国政府就周一柏林圣诞集市致命袭击案疑犯发出通缉令后，一场追捕行动正在欧洲各国展开。

The federal prosecutor issued a European-wide alert yesterday for a 24-year-old Tunisian man, Anis Amri, warning that he could be armed and dangerous.

昨日，联邦检察官对24岁的突尼斯籍男子阿尼斯.阿姆里(Anis Amri)发出全欧范围通缉令，并警告他可能持有武器且非常危险。

German authorities said they had tried to deport Mr Amri earlier this year but were unable to do so because Tunisia refused to recognise him as a citizen.

德国政府表示，他们在今年早些时候曾试图将阿姆里驱逐出境，但并未成功，因为突尼斯方面拒绝承认其为该国公民。

The prosecutor is offering a EURO100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. Documents identifying Mr Amri were found in the cab of the truck used in Monday’s assault.

德国检方悬赏10万欧元缉捕阿姆里。在周一袭击所用卡车的驾驶室内发现了可证明阿姆里身份的文件。

Ralf Jäger, interior minister for the region of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the suspect once lived, said he had earlier been investigated in Berlin on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack but the probe had been closed.

来自该疑犯曾经居住过的北莱茵-威斯特法伦州的内政部长拉尔夫.雅格(Ralf Jäger)表示，此人早先曾因涉嫌准备发动恐怖袭击在柏林遭到调查，但那项调查已结束。

The suspect’s story illustrates the problems Germany has encountered in trying to deport migrants whose asylum applications are unsuccessful. It is also indicative of the broader security challenge posed by the influx of refugees into Germany during the past two years, many of them from Muslim countries in the Middle East.

这名疑犯的经历显示出德国在试图驱逐无法成功申请庇护的移民时遭遇的难题。这件事还表明了过去两年大量涌入的难民（其中许多来自中东的穆斯林国家）给德国带来的整体安全挑战。

Angela Merkel, chancellor, said this week it would be “particularly sickening” for the “many, many Germans who every day help refugees” if the perpetrator turned out to be an asylum seeker.

德国总理安格拉.默克尔(Angela Merkel)本周表示，对每天都帮助难民的很多德国人来说，如果行凶者最终被证明是一名寻求避难者，那将“特别令人恶心”。

Mr Jäger said German authorities rejected the Tunisian man’s application for asylum in June, but he could not be deported as he did not have a valid passport.

雅格表示，今年6月，德国政府拒绝了这名突尼斯男子的避难申请，但无法将其驱逐出境，因为他没有有效护照。

Germany asked the Tunisian authorities to issue him with the necessary papers, but they initially refused, saying he was not Tunisian. “The papers were not issued for a long time. They arrived today. I do not want to comment further on this fact,” Mr Jäger said.

德国方面曾要求突尼斯当局向阿姆里发放必要的身份证件，但后者起先表示拒绝，称其并非突尼斯人。“身份证件好久都没发来。今天刚到。我不想对此再做评价，”雅格说。

He added that Mr Amri, who arrived in Germany in July 2015, had been on the radar of several German security agencies because of apparent links to Islamist extremists. Prosecutors in Berlin had investigated him on suspicion of planning a “serious state-endangering crime”, Mr Jäger added.

雅格补充说，2015年7月抵达德国的阿姆里，曾因与伊斯兰主义极端分子有明显联系而进入多个德国安全机构的视线。他还表示，柏林检方曾因涉嫌策划“严重危害国家的犯罪”对他进行调查。