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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
By Delia Robertson
Johannesburg
26 June 2006
South African police say they have uncovered a weapons cache and a large quantity of money at the Johannesburg house where four police officers and eight suspects were killed in a bloody1 confrontation2 on Sunday.
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Police say the cache of weapons included a large quantity high calibre weapons, including AK-47 automatic rifles. The weapons were found in the ongoing3 forensic4 examination of the house at Jeppestown, a so-called inner city suburb in Johannesburg. In addition, police say they found tens of thousands of dollars in cash.
The shootout occurred following a robbery by a large gang of heavily armed men at a store in Honeydew, one of the city's northern suburbs. Police arrested a single suspect at the scene who led officers to the Jeppestown house.
The house was surrounded and armed police officers entered the premises5. Only once they were in the house did the occupants open fire, prompting police to say that the gang seemed well trained and well organized. As a result, police say they will also investigate whether or not the suspects have had any formal military training.
Also Monday, police released three individuals arrested following the shootout, saying they were simply neighbors who are no longer under suspicion. Eleven suspects remain in detention6 and are expected to appear in court Tuesday.
The incident is the latest in a series of violent incidents that have shocked South Africans who are used to high, if declining, levels of violent crime. In recent weeks, several motorists on the roads in and around Johannesburg have been murdered without vehicles or other property being stolen from the victim. While police say at least one may have been a botched car-jacking, the others appear to be random7.
Boyane Tshehla who heads the Crime and Justice Program at the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria says that in the latest incident, the number of criminals and their apparent level of expertise8, is of great concern. "It is one of those shocking incidents. In no way I think isolated9 in terms of, it is happening. But I think in magnitude it is something that is quite worrisome. If you look at the number of people involved there, it is quite a concern. I think what it says to anyone looking at it, should be that we are dealing10 with quite organized people, we are dealing with well equipped people, and from the look of it, quite technical people," he said.
Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said Monday that while it is always preferable that suspects are arrested and prosecuted, police have a right when threatened by weapons to protect themselves
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adj.非常的的;流血的;残忍的;adv.很;vt.血染 | |
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n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下 | |
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adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动 | |
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n.专门知识(或技能等),专长 | |
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10 dealing | |
n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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