MH17客機事故中夫婦痛失三子 迎第四子降生激動紀念

An Australian couple whose three children died when Flight MH17 was shot down have a new daughter.

近日，在MH17客機被擊落事件中痛失三個孩子的一對澳大利亞夫婦，迎來了一名新出生的女兒。

Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris lost their children Mo, Evie and Otis, along with Ms Norris's father Nick Morris, when the flight came down in eastern Ukraine in July 2014.

2014年7月，馬航MH17客機在途經烏克蘭東部時被擊落，馬斯林與諾里斯夫婦的三個孩子莫、伊維和奧蒂斯以及他們的外公，均在這場事故中喪生。

The Perth couple described the birth of Violet May Maslin as an "amazing gift".

這對來自澳洲珀斯的夫婦形容小女兒維奧萊特·梅·馬斯林的降生是一件“神奇的禮物”。

"Violet's birth is a testament to our belief that love is stronger than hate," they said in a statement. We still live with pain, but Violet, and the knowledge that all four kids are with us always, brings light to our darkness. As Martin Luther King said, 'Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that'."

他們在一份聲明表示：“維奧萊特的出生映證了我們堅定的信仰，那就是愛比恨要強大。儘管我們仍生活在痛苦之中，但包括維奧萊特在內的4個孩子將永遠和我們在一起，爲我們在黑暗中帶來光明。正如馬丁·路德·金說的那樣，'黑暗不能驅走黑暗，只有光明才能做到；仇恨不能驅走仇恨，只有愛心才能做到'。”

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down as it flew over conflict-hit Ukraine from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Mr Maslin and Ms Norris had stayed in Amsterdam while their children, aged eight, 10 and 12, flew back to Australia with their grandfather.

那架從阿姆斯特丹飛往吉隆坡的馬航MH17客機，是在途經衝突地區烏克蘭東部時被擊落。馬斯林與諾里斯夫婦當時還在阿姆斯特丹，他們三個分別爲8歲、10歲和12歲的孩子和外公一起率先返回澳大利亞。

A total of 298 passengers and crew were killed, including 80 children in total. The flight was hit by a Russian-made Buk surface-to-air missile.

包括80名兒童在內的機上298名乘客及機組人員全部遇難。該客機是被俄製地對空導彈BUK擊落的。

Western officials and Ukraine's government blame Russian-backed rebels for shooting down the plane. But Russian authorities have consistently denied responsibility, instead blaming Ukrainian government forces.

西方各國以及烏克蘭政府一致譴責是受俄羅斯支持的反叛分子擊落的飛機。但是，俄羅斯政府卻堅決否認對此事負有責任，轉而問責烏克蘭政府武裝。