导读:周三晚伦敦拉塞尔广场发生砍人事件，造成一名美国女性死亡，五人受伤。
Police presence on the streets of London increased today after an American woman was killed and five other people were injured in a knife attack in London’s Russell Square Wednesday night, authorities said.
周三晚一美国女性在伦敦拉塞尔广场被刀砍死，另外还有五人受伤，此后伦敦街头警力加强，伦敦当局如是说。
Metropolitan Police Asst. Commissioner Mark Rowley said this morning, “At this time we believe this was spontaneous" and the victims were "selected at random." There was no evidence of radicalization or terrorism as a motivation, Rowley said.
周四早警察局副局长马克.罗利称：“这个时候我们认为这都是自发的”，受害者也是“任意选择”，没有证据表明激进主义或恐怖主义动机。
The American woman killed was in her 60s. Police did not say where in the U.S. she was from. The State Department confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen but did not release the individual’s name.
一名60多岁的美国女性遇害。警方没有透露她来自美国哪里。美国国务院也证实了一名美国公民遇害，但没有发布其姓名。
Of the five injured victims, one remains in hospital today -- a British man who suffered a stab wound to his stomach, police said.
五名受伤人员中，有一名受害者现今仍在医院，警方说这是一名英国人，刀刺向了他的胃部。
The other four victims -- an American man, an Australian woman, an Australian man and an Israeli woman, also suffered stab wounds but have since been discharged.
其余四名受害者分别是一名美国男子、一名以色列女性、一名澳大利亚女性及一名澳大利亚男子，他们都被砍伤，但现已出院。
Armed police responded to the scene within six minutes Wednesday night and the suspect, a 19-year-old Norwegian national of Somali origin, was Tasered and taken into custody. No shots were fired.
周三晚武装警察在六分钟内就赶到现场，嫌犯是索马里裔挪威人，年仅19岁，遭到电击后被逮捕，并未开枪。
Police said mental health issues appeared to have been a factor.
警方称，心理健康问题似乎是造成此次砍人事件的一个因素。
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said, "Police have spoken to him and are seeking to establish the full facts including motives for this attack."
伦敦市长萨迪克.汗说：“警方告诉他，他们正在寻求建立完整的事实说明，包括此次事件的动机。”
The investigation is ongoing. Officers have searched an address in north London today and will search another in south London.
调查仍在继续。今天官员搜索了伦敦北部一地区，将继续搜索伦敦南部。
Metropolitan Police’s Rowley said today there is an "increased presence on the streets of officers, including armed officers."
警察局的罗利说今天将继续“增加街头的警力，包括武装警察。”
"We would urge the public to remain calm, alert and vigilant," Rowley said.
“我们将敦促民众保持冷静、警惕、警觉，”罗利如是说。
