被爆炸損毀的尼甘布市圣塞巴斯堤安教堂 (via AP)
遭受爆炸襲擊的科倫坡圣安東尼教堂 (via Reuters)
Julian Emmanuel
48歲的醫(yī)生Emmanuel從小在斯里蘭卡生活。他目前和妻子孩子居住在英國(guó)薩里。他們上星期回到科倫坡探望仍居住在當(dāng)?shù)氐挠H戚。復(fù)活節(jié)當(dāng)天，當(dāng)他們?nèi)栽谒瘔?mèng)中時(shí)，一枚炸彈在他們所下榻的科倫坡肉桂大酒店爆炸。
"We were in our bedroom and we heard this huge explosion which rocked our room, I think it was about 8:30," he said. "We were then ushered to the lounge in our hotel, where we were asked to evacuate through the back. This is where we saw casualties being taken away to the hospital, and we saw some of the damage to the hotel."
“我們當(dāng)時(shí)在臥室里聽(tīng)到了爆炸的巨響，響聲震動(dòng)了整個(gè)房間。我想那時(shí)大約是8:30分，”他說(shuō)道。“酒店然后就指引我們?nèi)バ菹⑹?，然后又被要求從后面撤離。我們?cè)谀抢锟匆?jiàn)傷員被帶離酒店并送去醫(yī)院，我們還看見(jiàn)酒店遭受到的破壞。”
▲Sri Lanka attacks: 'I thought we had left all this violence behind us' (via BBC)
Emmanuel醫(yī)生和他的家人當(dāng)天本打算去教堂，但所有教堂活動(dòng)因爆炸事件而取消了，而且整個(gè)斯里蘭卡的教堂都沒(méi)有舉行任何活動(dòng)。
"I spent my first 18 years in Sri Lanka, so I've seen a lot of ethnic strife." Sri Lanka was ravaged by decades of conflict between the Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic groups, but has been relatively peaceful since 2009. "Whereas my kids, my children are 11 and seven, and they've never seen anything like war, and neither has my wife. For them it's quite difficult."
“我在斯里蘭卡生活了18年，因此，我見(jiàn)過(guò)許多種族沖突。”僧伽羅人和泰米爾族之間持續(xù)數(shù)十年的沖突使斯里蘭卡遭受?chē)?yán)重破壞，但自從2009年開(kāi)始經(jīng)歷了相對(duì)的和平。“不過(guò)，我的孩子，他們分別是11歲和7歲，他們還從沒(méi)有看見(jiàn)過(guò)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，我的妻子也沒(méi)有。對(duì)他們來(lái)說(shuō)，這是非常難以接受的。”
He added: "It's really sad - I thought Sri Lanka had left all this violence behind us, but now it's sad to see that it's come back again."
他補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“真的很傷心——我以為斯里蘭卡已經(jīng)不再有暴力，但現(xiàn)在，我很傷心地看到暴力又回來(lái)了。”
▲Sri Lanka attacks: 'I thought we had left all this violence behind us' (via BBC)
Usman Ali
Ali是科倫坡的居民。他注意到不對(duì)勁的時(shí)候是當(dāng)他發(fā)現(xiàn)很多朝拜者從他家附近的羅馬天主教堂里匆忙撤離。而他家通往醫(yī)院的馬路上突然被救護(hù)車(chē)擠得水泄不通。他上網(wǎng)一查，很快就了解了正在發(fā)生的一切。
在眾多慘不忍睹的視頻和圖片中，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了一則當(dāng)?shù)匮褐行膽┱?qǐng)人們?yōu)閭麊T獻(xiàn)血的消息，于是立刻趕往國(guó)家血液中心。他看到那里聚集了大批人群，長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的人群隊(duì)伍從大樓入口處一直排到大樓外面。
國(guó)家血液中心內(nèi)擠滿(mǎn)希望獻(xiàn)血的群眾 (via BBC)
