Swiss Casino Heist 瑞士賭場被劫
By Imogen Foulkes, Geneva
The attackers broke doors and windows at the casino
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Background: 據(jù)瑞士官方報道,一組持槍歹徒襲擊了巴塞爾城市里的一所賭場，搶劫了幾十萬英鎊。 這宗搶劫案發(fā)生在星期天凌晨，當(dāng)時這所被稱為歐洲小拉斯韋加斯的賭場正在對外營業(yè)，場內(nèi)有很多客人和工作人員。
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Swiss police are describing the raid as highly professional and worryingly violent.
Ten masked men, armed with machine guns and pistols, stormed the casino, breaking down the entrance door with a sledge-hammer.
Witnesses among the 600 guests say they were ordered to lie on the floor. Some were injured by being stepped on or hit by the robbers.
The gang emptied the casino's cash registers of hundreds of thousands of pounds, and tried to get into the casino's strongroom by firing shots at the door, but were unable to break the lock.
It's thought the gang, who witnesses say spoke French, may have escaped to France. The border is just 200 metres from the casino.
Swiss and French police are now working together to track the gang down.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- raid 搶劫
- stormed 突襲
- breaking down 損壞，打壞
- sledge-hammer大錘
- witnesses 目擊者
- cash registers 收銀臺
- pounds 英鎊
- strongroom 保險庫
- gang 團(tuán)伙
- track the gang down 追查這組犯罪團(tuán)伙
