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Jury selection begins today in Canada in a case that will test the country's anti-terrorism laws.
今天，加拿大开始为一起案件挑选陪审团，这将考验该国的反恐法。
Yeah, Nathaniel Veltman is accused of killing three generations of the Afzaal family.
纳撒尼尔·维尔特曼被指控杀害了阿夫扎尔家族的三代人。
They were walking in London, Ontario, two years ago when a pickup truck jumped a curb and mowed the family down.
两年前，阿夫扎尔一家人在安大略省伦敦市散步，一辆皮卡车冲到路边，把这家人撞倒了。
Prosecutors say they were targeted because of their Muslim faith.
检察官表示，他们之所以成为袭击目标，是因为他们的穆斯林信仰。
Ginella Massa is a freelance journalist based in Canada and she joins us now. Good morning.
吉尼拉·马萨是加拿大的一名自由记者，她现在与我们连线。早上好。
Hi. Good morning.
嗨。早上好。
So three generations of a family killed. I'm looking at a beautiful photo of them right now. They're dressed in pastel colors. Who were they?
一家三代人都被杀了。我现在正在看他们的一张漂亮照片。他们身着色彩柔和的衣服。他们是谁?
Well, Daniel, this was a family that was out for a walk.
丹尼尔，这是出门散步的一家人。
It was the height of COVID. And you have to remember that Ontario had some of the strictest lockdown laws during the pandemic.
那时疫情很严重。你必须记住，在疫情期间，安大略省出台了一些最严格的封锁法律。
Walking outside was pretty much the only thing you could do.
出门散步几乎是你唯一可以做的事。
As you said, a pickup truck jumping the curb while they were at an intersection.
就像你说的，这家人走到十字路口时，一辆皮卡车冲出了路缘。
Those who were killed were a mother and father, their 15-year-old daughter and the mother of the man.
死者是母亲和父亲，他们15岁的女儿以及这位父亲的母亲。
Most notably, a 9-year-old boy was the only survivor.
最值得注意的是，一名9岁的男孩是唯一的幸存者。
He was left orphaned - his parents, his sister and his grandmother killed.
他成了孤儿——他的父母、妹妹和奶奶都被杀害了。
So this was, you know, an incredibly heinous crime that shook the community two summers ago.
这是一个十恶不赦的罪行，两年前的夏天震惊了整个社区。
And in the following days, police were quick to call this a hate-motivated attack, that the family was targeted because of their faith.
在接下来的几天里，警方迅速称这次袭击出于仇恨动机，这个家庭因为他们的信仰而成为袭击目标。
You'll note in that photo the mother wearing a hijab, a headscarf.
你会注意到照片中的母亲戴着头巾。
They were originally from Pakistan, visibly Muslim, visible minorities.
他们的原籍是巴基斯坦，明显是穆斯林，明显是少数民族。
So you know, this was incredibly troubling to the community and sparked a conversation about Islamophobia and about anti-Muslim hate in Canada, because this isn't the first attack of its kind.
这起案件给社区带来了极大的困扰，并引发了关于加拿大仇视伊斯兰和反穆斯林的仇恨讨论，因为这不是第一起这样的袭击。
Four years before, six men killed in a London mosque when a man opened fire.
四年前，一名男子在安大略省伦敦市一座清真寺开枪打死了六名男子。
And what do we know about the defendant?
关于这位被告，我们知道些什么?
So the accused, Nathaniel Veltman, he was 20 years old at the time of his arrest.
被告纳撒尼尔·维尔特曼被捕时才20岁。
He's facing four murder charges and one attempted murder charge, but he's also facing terrorism-related charges.
他面临四项谋杀指控和一项谋杀未遂指控，还面临恐怖主义相关指控。
We know that he was arrested willingly in a mall parking lot about 4 1/2 miles from the scene.
我们知道，他是自愿在距离案发现场4.5英里的一个商场停车场被捕的。
He was wearing a military-style helmet when police took him in.
警方逮捕他时，他戴着一顶军用头盔。
And the Dodge Ram truck was found with extensive damage to its front end and smoke coming out of the engine.
那辆道奇公羊皮卡车被发现时车头严重受损而且引擎还冒着烟。
Now, we don't know what Veltman said to police when he was taken into custody.
我们不知道维尔特曼被逮捕时对警察说了什么。
