美国查尔斯顿枪击案导致9人丧生

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.

美国南部城市查尔斯顿的警方确认，当地时间周三晚在该市一座历史悠久的黑人教堂发生的枪击案，导致9人丧生。这一事件将引发对美国种族关系的再次讨论。

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”.

当地警方在枪击案发生后的首次表态中称，枪击案嫌疑人仍未落网。据称，嫌疑人是一名21岁的白人男子。官方表示，这次袭击事件是一次“仇恨犯罪(hate crime，指针对某一特定社会群体成员的歧视性犯罪行为——译者注)”。

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，北查尔斯顿警方击毙了未携带武器的黑人沃尔特•斯科特(Walter Scott)，引发了公众的怒火。此外，黑人和警方之间的分歧也在撕裂整个美国社会。最新枪击案对该市紧张的种族关系将是一次火上浇油。

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

枪击事件发生在伊曼纽尔非裔卫理圣公会教堂(Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church)。这一黑人教堂的历史可以回溯至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

查尔斯顿市长约瑟夫•P•赖利(Joseph P Riley)表示：“一个人走进教堂，枪击在那里祈祷的人们，唯一可能的动机就是仇恨。”

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.

根据查尔斯顿官方的说法，8人在枪击案中当场死亡，两人被送往南卡罗来纳医药大学(Medical University of South Carolina)，其中一人在途中丧生。