日本發生持刀殺人事件 至少15人死

TOKYO — A man wielding a knife killed at least 15 people at a facility for the disabled in a Tokyo suburb early Tuesday, according to a report by NHK, the Japanese public broadcaster.

東京——日本公共廣播公司NHK報道，週二凌晨，一名男子在東京郊區的一處殘疾人服務中心持刀行兇，造成至少15人死亡。

Satoshi Uematsu, 26, went on a rampage just after 2:30 a.m. in Sagamihara, a town an hour west of Tokyo, the report said. Forty-five people were reported injured.

報道稱，26歲的植鬆聖(Satoshi Uematsu)在剛過凌晨2點30分的時候開始實施暴行。事發地相模原市爲一座小城，位於東京以西一個小時車程的地方。據報道，襲擊造成45人受傷。

Just half an hour after the attack, Mr. Uematsu turned himself in at a police station and was charged with murder.

事件發生半小時後，植鬆前往警察局自首，並被控謀殺。

The local police would not confirm the number dead or injured, or the name of the suspect.

當地警方不願證實傷亡人數及嫌疑人的姓名。

According to reports in the Japanese news media, the man was a former employee of the facility and broke into the building, screaming, “All the handicapped should disappear!”

根據日本新聞媒體的報道，涉案男子曾受僱於該中心。他闖進那棟建築，高喊，“所有殘疾人都應該消失！”

The episode is sure to shock a nation of people accustomed to living in a country with one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

日本民衆習慣於自己生活的國家犯罪率屬全球最低之列。此事必然會令舉國震動。

The facility, Tsukui Yamayuri-en, which is operated by the prefecture, offers services to disabled patients including meals and baths, as well as arts activities. Residents stay overnight for short periods.

出事的地方名爲津久井山百合園(Tsukui Yamayuri-en)，由縣裏開辦，面向殘障人士提供服務，包括膳食、洗浴、藝術活動，以及短期的住宿服務。

Sagamihara last made international news in 2012, when one of the suspects in the 1995 poison gas attack on the Tokyo subway system was arrested there.

相模原市上次製造國際新聞是在2012年。當時，1995年東京地鐵系統毒氣襲擊事件中的一名嫌疑人在該地被捕。

Naoko Kikuchi, one of the most wanted people in Japan for her involvement in the attacks, which killed 13 people and injured thousands, had been hiding in the town under the name Chizuko Sakurai.

因爲參與襲擊而位居日本通緝犯榜單前列的菊池直子(Naoko Kikuchi)化名櫻井千鶴子(Chizuko Sakurai)，一直藏匿在相模原市。那場襲擊造成13人死亡，數千人受傷。