NBC晚间新闻 肯尼亚人质释放，三名枪手被杀死

Kenyan hostages released, three gunmen killed

肯尼亚人质释放，三名枪手被杀死。

A Somalia-based militant¹ group, al Shabaab, claims to be behind the attack that shot and killed dozens of men, women and children at a shopping mall in Kenya. NBC’s Ron Allen reports.

索马里激进组织青年党称对肯尼亚购物中心袭击事件负责。这次袭击事件导致数十名男子，妇女和儿童死亡。NBC的Ron Allen报道。

Good evening. It's been hard to know what exactly has been happening inside an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya. We do know that a terrorist attack has been unfolding for three days now, unspeakable systematic² killing³. And while the Kenya government tonight claims its forces are now finally in control of the mall and combing it floor by floor for remaining gunmen, the death toll⁴ tonight stands at 62 officially with more than 175 injured with all the hostages believed to now be re-elireleased. It raises big questions about a terrorist group that's new to most people and questions about public safety at the same time. We begin our coverage⁵ with NBC's Ron Allen in Nairobi. Ron, good evening.

reporter: Good evening Brian. The government here says they believe all the hostages have been released but it doesn't give a full accounting⁶. For the past couple of days we have been told there are perhaps about ten hostages remaining earlier today and perhaps ten to fifty armed gunmen holding them. We don't know the gunmen either. It's been a day of violence here. A day of loud, powerful explosions and sustained military attack. Early this morning a huge black smoke pours from the shopping mall, the start of another day of violence. Soldiers surrounding the mall opened fire from multiple positions. Firefights so intense that journalists and on-lookers hundreds of yards away ducked for cover. Today, Kenya's leaders claim the situation is under control. But an audio message from the militants⁷ threatened more bloodshed saying we have given orders to our fighters that they are free to kill the hostages. Claiming to be behind the attack, Al Shabaab, a Somalia-based military group linked to Al Qaeda. It is at war with somalia's government which is backed by kenya. the onslaughter began Saturday just after noon. The up scale Westgate mall, crowded with families enjoying an afternoon out. These pictures show the first moments of terror. Heavily armed masked gunmen killed dozens of men, women and children.

Bullets were running over my head but god protected me .

reporter: This picture purports⁸ to show two of the gunmen. Among the dead an 8-months pregnant woman. Balita who moved here from North Carolina said she hid for four hours before escaping.

You could hear -- we were back there. They were going store to store, talking to people. Asking questions, shooting, screams and then it would stop for a while. They would go to another store.

reporter: Others hit wherever they could, even in the air ducts. The gunmen reportedly singled out nonmuslims by testing their knowledge of the Koran.

If they didn't know the words they were the ones who got shot. So in that five hours we tried to memorize words of the Koran.

reporter: Government of officials said during the course of the ordeal⁹ they have been able to confirm that three of the gunmen were killed. But again, we don't know exactly how many there were to begin with. Everyone here is most concerned about the fate of the hostages, again still completely unaccounted for in terms of what happened to them. The bottom line, the government seems to convince the situation here is now over. Brian?

What an unbelievable scene there. Ron Allen live for us tonight in Nairobi. Ron thanks.

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

2 systematic   

adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的

参考例句：

• The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
• The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 purports   

v.声称是…，（装得）像是…的样子( purport的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She purports to represent the whole group. 她自称代表整个团体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The document purports to be official but is really private. 那份文件据称是官方的，但实际上是私人的。 来自辞典例句

9 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。