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Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi survived an assassination attempt in New Delhi today.
印度總理拉吉夫·甘地今天在新德里的一次暗殺行動中幸免于難。
The assailant fired a succession of shots at Gandhi,
襲擊者向甘地連續射擊，
who was attending a Hindu prayer service with his wife and Indian President Zail Singh.
當時甘地與他的妻子及印度總統宰爾·辛格正在出席一個印度教的祈禱儀式。
Official sources have called the incident a major security lapse.
官方消息稱這次事件是一次重大的安全事故。
Witnesses say Gandhi told security guards two times he had heard gun shots;
目擊者稱甘地曾兩次告訴警衛他聽到了槍聲；
the security forces reportedly dismissed the noise as motorcycle backfire.
據說安保部隊稱噪音是摩托車回火引起的。
It was over half an hour later that police finally surrounded and captured the gunman.
半個多小時后，警察終于包圍并抓獲了那名持槍歹徒。
Six people were injured during the arrest.
被捕行動中有六人受傷。
The BBC's Humphrey Hoxley reports.
BBC的Humphrey Hoxley報道。
An official statement from the Home Ministry said that those police officials
內政部的一份官方聲明稱，
who were directly responsible for the security arrangements for Mr. Gandhi have been suspended from duty.
那些對甘地先生的安全負有直接責任的警察已經被停職。
Senior officials in the Ministry say that a top--level investigation is under way to determine why the security around the Prime Minister,
內政部高級官員稱，一項最高級別的調查行動正在展開，以確定總理安全為何瞬間瓦解，
who's meant to be one of the most closely protected government leaders in the world,
而他本是世界上最受保護的政府領導人之一，
collapsed and how a gunman armed with an illegally manufactured revolver broke through the security cordon undetected to get within a few feet of the Prime Minister.
以及一名持槍歹徒如何手持一把非法制造的左輪手槍突破警戒，而未被察覺，并出現在距離首相僅幾英尺的地方。
Police say the gunman who's in his twenties may even have fired at Mr. Gandhi and his party,
警方稱，這名二十多歲的持槍歹徒甚至可能向甘地及其政黨開火
as they were approaching the area to commemorate the birthday of the independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, who is cremated there.
在他們去往紀念獨立運動領袖莫漢達斯·甘地誕辰地點的途中，莫漢達斯·甘地曾在這里火化。
The area was searched immediately; but security men failed to spot the gunman,
該區域立即受到搜查；但是保安人員并沒有發現持槍歹徒，
who was hiding on top of a concrete shelter hidden among thick green vines.
持槍歹徒當時藏匿在混凝土掩體頂部，躲在厚厚的綠色藤蔓之中。
The man opened fire again when Mr. Gandhi was leaving half an hours later.
甘地先生半小時后離開時，那個人又開槍了。
But when he was spotted, eyewitnesses say, he threw up his arms and shouted in Hindi, "I surrender."
但目擊者說，當他被發現時，他舉起雙臂用印地語喊著：“我投降。”
Police say he's not connected with any terrorist organization;
警方說他與恐怖組織沒有任何瓜葛；
nor is he part of the Sikh movement which murdered Mr. Gandhi's mother, Indira, two years ago.
也不是錫克教運動成員，而后者在兩年前殺害了甘地的母親，英迪拉，
Humphrey Hoxley, BBC, Delhi.
Humphrey Hoxley，BBC，德令哈市。
