VOA英语2010年-Stockholm Bomber ‘Radicalized in Britain’

Police in Sweden say they believe they have identified the man who blew himself up in the country's capital on Saturday. The man is Taimour Abdulwahab, a Swedish citizen who has been living in Britain for the past decade.

Sweden's Chief Prosecutor¹ Tomas Linstrand spoke² at a press conference in Stockholm.

He said Swedish police are 98 percent sure they have correctly identified the bomber³, although formal identification has not yet been carried out.

On Saturday a crowded street in Stockholm was hit with two blasts. The first set a car on fire. The second is thought to have killed the suspect and injured two people.

Prosecutor Linstrand said the bomb may have gone off earlier than planned. The bomber, he said, was very well equipped with explosives.

The man believed to have carried out the attacks is Taimour Abdulwahab. He is a Swedish citizen, but has been living in Britain for the past decade and studied at a British university.
British police have barricaded⁴ a home in Luton, north of London, which is thought to be his.
Robin⁵ Simcox from the London research organization Centre for Social Cohesion⁶ says it is no surprise the attack in Sweden has links to Britain.

"Unfortunately we see time and time again Britain's links to al-Qaida and al-Qaida inspired terrorism," Simcox said. "It should be no real surprise that there are links to Britain and indeed links to a British university."

London was hit by a terrorist attack in July 2005 and a number of other global attacks have had links to Britain. In 2009 a Nigerian citizen who had studied at a British university, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to blow up a U.S.-bound flight.

Simcox says Britain is a central hub for terror plots.

"They know that they can make contact here," he added. "They know that there is opportunity to connect with other extremists. Unfortunately the U.K. is still an area where people interested in violent jihad can easily get together and meet others interested in a similar thing."

An audio file sent by e-mail to the security police and a Swedish news agency shortly before the blast referred to jihad, Sweden's military presence in Afghanistan, and cartoons by a Swedish artist portraying⁷ the prophet Mohammed.

1 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

2 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

4 barricaded   

设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守

参考例句：

• The police barricaded the entrance. 警方在入口处设置了路障。
• The doors had been barricaded. 门都被堵住了。

5 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

6 cohesion   

n.团结，凝结力

参考例句：

• I had to bring some cohesion into the company.我得使整个公司恢复凝聚力。
• The power of culture is deeply rooted in the vitality,creativity and cohesion of a nation. 文化的力量，深深熔铸在民族的生命力、创造力和凝聚力之中。

7 portraying   

v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life. 那位画家把我的父亲画得惟妙惟肖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ding Ling was good at portraying figures through careful and refined description of human psychology. 《莎菲女士的日记》是丁玲的成名作，曾引起强烈的社会反响。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说