時事新聞:呼市四越獄犯盡數落網

【英文原文】

On Tuesday, police in northern China shot and killed one escaped inmate and captured three others who staged a dramatic prison escape over the weekend, leading to a massive manhunt to capture them.

The escapees, who killed one police officer and assaulted others during their escape Saturday were apprehended by police Tuesday morning in Helin county, near the Inner Mongolia regional capital of Hohot, the official Xinhua news agency said in a brief report, adding that one police officer was injured during the operation.

China launched an enormous manhunt, involving more than 6,000 armed police and security officers, in northern China following Saturday's deadly prison escape by four inmates. The search was ordered by Zhou Yongkang, the country's top law and order official and member of the powerful Politburo Standing Committee, underscoring the seriousness of the public and sensational crime.

The official Xinhua news agency reported that four inmates escaped from Hohot's No. 2 Prison after assaulting several police officers inside the prison. They tied up one officer and stole his uniform, killed another officer, and stabbed two others on their way out. The four then hailed a taxi, pulled the driver out and robbed her before fleeing in the stolen taxi, Xinhua said. When they ran out of gas, they carjacked another cab.

Two of the four prisoners Li Hongbin, 21, and Qiao Haiqiang, 28, were serving life sentences for robbery, while two others, Dong Jiaji and Gao Bo, both 27, had been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for robbery and manslaughter, respectively. Xinhua did not immediately report which of the four was killed by police Tuesday.

【中文譯文】

週二，華北警方擊斃了一名越獄犯，並抓獲了其餘三人。這四人週末期間上演了一場戲劇性的越獄，警方隨後對他們展開了大規模搜捕。

新華社在一條簡短的報導中說，這幾名越獄的囚犯週二上午在靠近內蒙古自治區首府呼和浩特市的和林縣落網，一名警察在行動中受傷。四名囚犯在週六的越獄過程中殺死一名獄警，並襲擊了數人。

這起越獄事件發生後，中國警方展開了大規模的搜捕行動，共出動了6,000多名武警和民警。中央政治局常委、公安部部長周永康對追逃行動做出了批示，顯示出對這起罪大惡極的案件的重視。

新華社報導，這四名重刑犯襲擊了呼和浩特市第二監獄的幾名獄警，然後越獄逃走。他們捆綁了一名民警，並搶走他的警服，殺害了另一名民警，在逃跑過程中還打傷兩人。新華社說，四人隨後攔截了一輛出租車，將司機拉出車外，並洗劫了錢財，開着搶來的車輛逃走。當汽油耗盡後，他們又劫持了另外一輛出租車。

四名囚犯中，21歲的李洪斌和28歲的喬海強因搶劫罪被判無期徒刑，而同是27歲的董佳繼和高博分別因搶劫和殺人被判處死刑緩期兩年執行。新華社尚未披露四名逃犯中的哪一人被擊斃。