年時代十佳新聞照片(6) 內羅畢商場槍擊案

6. Tyler Hicks. Nairobi, Kenya. Sept. 21, 2013.

2013年9月21日，肯尼亞內羅畢，攝影：泰勒·希克斯

It was clear that something catastrophic was developing when I arrived at Nairobi’s upscale Westgate Mall. Gunfire had been reported, and I witnessed hundreds of victims streaming out of the building, many of them shot and bloodied. I realized this was the attack people had warned about since I moved here two years ago. Al Shabab militants were waging a violent attack on a crowded target frequented by foreigners.

我到達內羅畢豪華的西門購物中心時，明顯感覺到出事了。新聞已經報道了槍擊案，我看到成百上千的受害者涌出大樓，很多人中彈，血流不止。我記起兩年前剛來這兒時人們就已警告會有襲擊。阿爾沙巴布（Al Shabab）分子對這家外國遊客絡繹不絕的商場發起猛烈襲擊。

After photographing the panic outside, I turned my focus to finding an approach into the mall, where I found a small number of disorganized Kenyan police and army, mixed with terrified masses trying to escape the attackers. From an upper floor I moved to the balcony of the atrium to glimpse the bloodshed below. Bodies of victims lay lifeless where they fell, and among them a terrified woman remained stranded with two children in a café. They remained there, petrified, with quiet, everyday music continuing to play over the mall’s sound system. I took some photographs and then retreated from the exposed position. The woman and children were later rescued unharmed.

拍下大樓外部的慌亂景象後，我便試圖找到商場的進口，我看到一小部分組織混亂的肯尼亞警察和軍隊，混在試圖躲避的受驚人羣中。我到達樓上靠近前廳陽臺處，看到了底下受傷的人羣。受害者屍體已無生命跡象，其中有個受驚過度的婦女和兩個孩子仍困在咖啡廳裏。他們被嚇呆了，商場日常播放的音樂仍在廣播系統裏迴響。我拍了幾張照後撤離了商場。那位婦女和孩子隨後安全獲救。