Attacks Reported in Northern Mali Town
马里北部城镇遭受袭击
Attacks in the Northern Mali town of Menaka were confirmed Tuesday by Lieutenant Colonel Diarran Kone in the country’s National Public Information Service. "We are facing some bandits, and we have had some attacks,” said Kone.
国家公共信息服务中校迪力安?科内星期二证实了马里北部梅纳卡的袭击。“我们正面临着一些强盗,而且我们遭到了袭击。”科内说道。
A liberation movement formed by mostly ethnic Tuaregs has claimed responsibility for the attacks. But Kone called the group behind the attacks common criminals and downplayed claims the fight is based along ethnic lines. “I don’t want to make difference between the ethnic groups," he added.
一个主要是由宗教柏柏尔人构成的民族解放运动集团已经宣称对这次袭击事件负责。但科内称集团存在幕后黑手并强调这是轻描淡写建立种族主义界线的斗争。“我不想加剧种族集团间的差异。”他补充道。
Kone said many Tuaregs who work with him in the government, and he did not want to paint the attacks as an ethnic conflict.
科内表示许多柏柏尔人与他一起为政府工作,他不想以种族冲突为导火索挑起争端。
Menaka is a bastion for the separatist National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, known as the NMLA, who has claimed responsibility. The area has recently seen the arrival of increased numbers of former Libya combatants.
梅纳卡对于声称对这起事件负责的NMLA,即阿扎瓦德民族解放运动是一座堡垒。前利比亚战斗人员最近在该地区开始逐渐增加。
According to the Associated Press, NMLA leader Moussa Ag Acharatoumane said his group was behind Tuesday’s attack, and added their goal is to liberate Menaka and surrounding towns.
据美联社报道,NMLA领袖穆萨?阿拉查托曼表示自己的组织策划了周二的袭击,并补充道他们的目的是为了解放梅纳卡及周边城镇。
Both Mali and neighboring Niger have raised concerns over the influx of fighters who were loyal to Moammar Gadhafi, after the Libyan leader was killed in a civil war last year.
随着利比亚领导人在去年内战中被杀后,那些忠于卡扎菲的战士们的涌入,马里和邻近的尼日尔的局势日益紧张。 |