邦迪攻擊事件後，配備突擊步槍的警察開始在雪梨巡邏

雪梨，11月2日（路透社）——一支配備軍用突擊步槍的新警察單位已開始在雪梨街頭巡邏；這項澳洲首創措施，是為因應去年12月的邦迪海灘攻擊事件而設立。SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - A new police unit armed with military assault rifles has begun patrolling the streets of Sydney, in an Australian-first measure set up in response to the Bondi Beach attack last December.

• 新南威爾斯州警察表示，武裝應變指揮部將部署於大型活動、擁擠公共空間、體育場館及禮拜場所，執行「高度可見」巡邏。• The Armed Response Command will deploy at major events, crowded public spaces, sporting venues and places of worship to conduct "high visibility" patrols, New South Wales state police said.

• 這項措施是在兩名男子於這座知名海灘的一場猶太慶祝活動開槍後推出；該起由伊斯蘭國意識形態所驅動的反猶攻擊造成15人喪生。• The move comes after two men opened fire on a Jewish celebration at the famous beach, killing 15 people in an antisemitic attack motivated by Islamic State ideology.

• 這支耗資9,400萬澳元（6,608萬美元）的單位由250名警察組成，配備澳洲戰鬥突擊步槍。• The A$94 million ($66.08 million) unit is composed of 250 police officers armed with Australian combat assault rifles.

• 這項措施在澳洲尚屬首例；在澳洲，重裝警察出現的情況並不常見。• The measure is the first of its kind in Australia, where the presence of heavily armed police officers is rare.

• 該單位指揮官、偵緝警司安德魯・埃文斯（Andrew Evans）表示：「邦迪的悲劇事件顯示，當涉嫌持武攻擊者襲擊無辜民眾時，後果會多麼慘重。」• "The tragic events at Bondi demonstrated the devastating consequences when an alleged armed offender attacks innocent people," the unit's commander, Detective Superintendent Andrew Evans, said.

• 「武裝應變指揮部確保我們在分秒必爭時，有受過高度訓練的警察在正確地點、配備正確裝備，並準備好採取行動。」• "ARC ensures we have highly trained officers in the right places, with the right equipment, ready to act when seconds matter."

• 國際特赦組織澳洲分會表示，在雪梨引進重裝警察巡邏，對於「警務日益軍事化，以及為保護人權而設的防護機制，提出了嚴肅問題。• Amnesty International Australia said the introduction of heavily armed police patrols in Sydney raised "serious questions about the increasing militarisation of policing and the safeguards in place to protect human rights.

（1美元 = 1.4225澳元）($1 = 1.4225 Australian dollars)

（雪梨Christine Chen報導；Lincoln Feast編輯。）(Reporting by Christine Chen in Sydney; editing by Lincoln Feast.)