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复活节，调查人员在斯里兰卡科伦坡香格里拉酒店。 CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE/ASSOCIATED PRESS
COLOMBO， Sri Lanka — A little before 9 a.m。 Easter Sunday， Anders Holch Povlsen， the richest man in Denmark， was having breakfast with his family at the Table One restaurant in the Shangri-La Hotel in Sri Lanka’s capital， Colombo。
斯里兰卡科伦坡——复活节那天，上午快到9点的时候，丹麦首富安德斯·霍尔奇·波尔森（Anders Holch Povlsen）与家人在斯里兰卡首都科伦坡香格里拉酒店的一号桌餐厅（Table One）共进早餐。
The restaurant was decorated with crates of oranges， apples and large， uncut pineapples， and the Povlsens looked out on the ocean rollers crashing into a sea wall not far away。
餐厅里装点着成箱的橙子、苹果和没切过的大菠萝，波尔森一家眺望着不远处汹涌的海浪拍打海堤。
At the same time， Ilham Ibrahim， the son of one of Sri Lanka’s wealthiest spice traders， was heading down to Table One in an elevator。 Wearing a baseball cap and a large backpack， he stepped into the elevator with a friend wearing the same thing。 Right before the doors opened， CCTV shows， Ibrahim’s friend flashed him a long， white smile。
与此同时，伊尔哈姆·易卜拉欣（Ilham Ibrahim）正乘电梯前往一号桌，他的父亲是斯里兰卡最富有的香料商人之一。他戴着棒球帽，背着大背包，和一个打扮得一模一样的朋友一起走进电梯。监控显示，电梯门打开之前，易卜拉欣的朋友向他露出一个持久而平白的微笑。
The two families， the Povlsens and the Ibrahims， were about to intersect。
波尔森与易卜拉欣，这两个家庭的命运即将交汇。
One was a billionaire in dollars。 The other， a billionaire in rupees。 One built a fortune through jeans， turtlenecks and all kinds of hip clothing。 The other， through white pepper， black pepper and all kinds of spices。
一家拥有亿万美元。另一家拥有亿万卢比。一家靠着牛仔裤、高领衫和各种时髦服装发财。另一家通过黑白胡椒和各种香料致富。
They both were well-known and admired， part of wildly successful， close-knit business families from opposite ends of the world and perhaps opposite ends of the ideological spectrum。
两家都是知名人士，也都广受尊敬。他们来自两个极其成功、关系密切的商业家族，它们分属世界两端，或许还处于意识形态谱系的两端。
In an instant， five of their children — Ilham， Inshaf， Alma， Agnes and Alfred — were blown to pieces， one side slaughtered by the other。
顷刻间，两个家庭的五个孩子——伊尔哈姆、因沙夫（Inshaf）、阿尔玛（Alma）、阿格妮斯（Agnes）和阿尔弗雷德（Alfred）——被炸成碎片，一方被另一方屠杀。
Two of the Ibrahim sons — Ilham and his older brother， Inshaf — were among the suicide bombers behind the series of devastating attacks around the country。 Sri Lanka’s Muslims have been painfully perplexed by the question of why two of their most privileged sons would do this。
易卜拉欣家的两个儿子——伊尔哈姆和他的哥因沙夫——是该国各地一系列惨烈袭击中的自杀炸弹袭击者。斯里兰卡的穆斯林一直在苦苦思索这样一个问题：为什么出身最优越的两个孩子会这样做？
“Everybody keeps asking me that question，” said Hilmy Ahmed， vice president of the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka。 “I don’t know if there ever will be an answer。”
“每个人都在问我这个问题，”斯里兰卡穆斯林委员会（Muslim Council of Sri Lanka）副主席希尔米·艾哈迈德（Hilmy Ahmed）说。“我不知道是否会有答案。”
A week after 250 people were killed in the attacks by Islamist extremists， Sri Lanka remains in shock。 Fear is printed on so many faces。 An unnatural quiet fills areas that should be busy， like Old Moor Street in Colombo where the Ibrahims ran their spice empire from behind an unassuming storefront with a gray gate。
在导致250人丧生的伊斯兰极端分子袭击过去一周后，斯里兰卡仍然处于震惊之中。恐惧印在许多人的脸上。一种不自然的安静弥漫在本应繁忙的地区，比如科伦坡的老摩尔街，易卜拉欣家族就是在这里的一座不起眼的、有一扇灰色大门的店面中经营他们的香料帝国。
香料商人和卡车司机聚集在科伦坡老摩尔街易卜拉欣家族的香料企业伊沙娜旁边。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Shangri-La Hotel rises up as a sleek tower along Colombo’s scenic Galle Face drive， a 32-story rectangle of steel and bluish glass with unobstructed views of the Indian Ocean。 The Povlsens stayed here， part of a beach vacation to Sri Lanka during their children’s Easter school break。
香格里拉酒店位于科伦坡风景秀丽的加勒菲斯大道旁，那是一座优美挺拔的32层长方形钢结构建筑，透过蓝色玻璃幕墙有一览无余的印度洋美景。复活节假期，波尔森一家带孩子们来斯里兰卡海滩度假，就选择住在这里。
It was Anders， the intensely private chief executive of a huge family-run fashion company called Bestseller； his wife， Anne； and their four children， ages around 5 to 15。
安德斯是一家名为“绫致”（Bestseller）的大型家族时装公司的首席执行官，他和妻子安妮以及四个年龄在5到15岁之间的孩子们同来。
Alma was the oldest。 She had shared a few pictures of her trip on Instagram， but it was almost as if she were keeping her posts intentionally vague： glassy waves viewed from an empty beach， a tree canopy against a bright tropical sky， a portrait of her siblings， taken only from behind。
阿尔玛是年纪最大的。她在Instagram上分享了几张旅行的照片，但仿佛是故意在保持内容含混不明：空旷的海滩上近乎透明的海浪，明亮的热带天空下的树冠，还有一张弟弟妹妹的照片，不过只是背影。
There may be a reason behind this。 In the late 1990s， a blackmailer trespassed on Anders’ parents’ estate and threatened to kill them if he wasn’t paid。 A few years later， kidnappers abducted a man for ransom in India， mistaking him for Povlsen。
这背后可能是有原因的。1990年代末，一名勒索者闯入安德斯父母的家，威胁说如果不给他钱，他就杀了他们。几年后，一群绑架者在印度误认一名男子是波尔森，绑架他并索要赎金。
Soren Jakobsen， a biographer who wrote about the Povlsens， said the family “has had security as their top priority for 20 years。” Anders， 46， didn’t like anyone taking his picture and avoided social media。
传记作家索伦·雅各布森（Soren Jakobsen）曾写过关于波尔森一家的书，他说“20年来，安全一直是这家人的首要任务”。46岁的安德斯不喜欢任何人给他拍照，也不用社交媒体。
安德斯·霍尔奇·波尔森（右）和妻子安妮去年在丹麦王储弗雷德里克的50岁生日派对上。 TARIQ MIKKEL KHAN/EPA， VIA SHUTTERSTOCK
The Povlsens live in a secluded， 600-year-old manor house。 They also own several castles and 220，000 acres in Scotland， which Anders has committed to “re-wilding，” as he calls it。 He is worth about $8 billion， Forbes says。
波尔森一家住在一座有着600年历史的幽静庄园里。他们在苏格兰还拥有几座城堡和22万英亩的土地，安德斯说，他致力于将这些土地“重新野化”。《福布斯》称，他的身家约为80亿美元。
伊沙娜是易卜拉欣的家族企业。穆罕默德·易卜拉欣即使已经70岁了，仍然每天早上4点起床，不知疲倦地工作。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Mohamed Ibrahim loved to tell the story of his ring。
穆罕默德·易卜拉欣喜欢讲一个他的戒指的故事。
It was the late 1960s， and he was an uneducated teenage boy from Delthota， a small town in Sri Lanka’s lush center。 He sold his favorite ring for bus fare to get to Colombo， by himself。 He never looked back。
那是1960年代末，十几岁的他没受过教育，来自斯里兰卡绿树成荫的中部小镇德尔索塔。他卖掉自己最心爱的戒指，换了去科伦坡的巴士车费。再也没有回过头。
In the bowels of Colombo’s Muslim quarter， he slaved away as a cook， then as a vendor of onions。 Then he got into sesame and pepper。 Sack by sack， he inched up the spice trade。
在科伦坡穆斯林聚居区的中心地带，他拼命苦干，先是做厨师，然后是卖洋葱。后来开始经营芝麻和胡椒。他一袋一袋地发展起自己的香料生意。
Sri Lanka’s tropical climate and rich soil produce some of the world’s most desired spices。 Until last week， Ibrahim ran one of the island’s biggest spice exporters， sending 20 million pounds of pepper to India each year。
斯里兰卡的热带气候和肥沃的土壤造就了一些世界上最受欢迎的香料。直到上周，易卜拉欣还经营着这座岛上最大的香料出口公司之一，每年向印度出口2000万磅胡椒。
He bought and sold so much， merchants said， that he could set the price。 He also served as president of the Colombo Traders Association， lived in a million-dollar mansion on Colombo’s outskirts and kept a fleet of six cars， including a BMW。
商人们说，他的买卖量大到可以左右定价。他还担任过科伦坡贸易协会（Colombo Traders Association）主席，住在科伦坡郊区一座价值百万美元的豪宅里，拥有六辆汽车，包括一辆宝马。
Family members said Ibrahim， even at around 70， was a tireless worker， up at 4 a.m。， off to the mosque， then a simple breakfast at home。 He spent the rest of the day in his spice factory， rubbing the peppercorns between his fingers， inspecting the quality of his products。
他的家人说，尽管已经70多岁，易卜拉欣仍然不知疲倦地工作，他总是早上4点起床，先去清真寺，然后在家吃一顿简单的早餐。接下来的一整天，他都会待在自己的香料工厂里，用手指摩擦胡椒粒，检查产品的质量。
一位斯里兰卡部长Facebook页面上的照片，2016年，因沙夫·易卜拉欣和父亲从这位部长手中领取一个奖项。
His eldest son， Inshaf， around 35， was flashier。 He drove a new white Toyota Landcruiser and stood taller than most Sri Lankan men， about 5 feet 11 inches， with a muscular build。 Friends said he walked fast， no matter where he was going。
他的大儿子因沙夫更张扬一些，他35岁左右，开着一辆崭新的白色丰田陆地巡洋舰，个头比大多数斯里兰卡男人要高，大约5英尺11英寸（合1.8米），肌肉发达。朋友们说，不管要去哪儿，他总是走得很快。
Years ago， at D.S。 Senanayake， considered one of Colombo’s most prestigious schools， his nickname was Kudda， or Powder， an affectionate reference to the family’s spice business。
好几年前，他在科伦坡最有声望的学校之一D·S·塞纳亚克学院（D.S。 Senanayake）就读，那时他的外号是“Kudda”，意思是“粉末”，亲昵地暗示了他的家族香料生意。
因沙夫·易卜拉欣就读于塞纳亚克学院，它被认为是科伦坡最负盛名的学校之一。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Inshaf was being groomed to take over， and his father set him up with a copper pipe factory。 A picture from 2016 shows Inshaf beaming as he and his father accept an award from a minister — one of several awards bestowed on the Ibrahims from the Sri Lankan government。
因沙夫被培养成家族接班人，父亲安排他掌管一家铜管工厂。2016年的一张照片显示，因沙夫和他的父亲喜笑颜开地接受一位部长颁发的奖——那是斯里兰卡政府授予易卜拉欣家族的几个奖项之一。
He was a handsome man， healthy looking， and sported a snug-fitting gray suit and a long wispy beard。
他是一个英俊的男人，看上去很健康，穿着一套合身的灰色西装，留着长长的胡须。
Ilham， the second son， around 31， was more withdrawn。 Merchants on Old Moor Street barely saw him。 It seems his job was to oversee a family pepper farm near Matale， a city a few hours away。
二儿子伊尔哈姆在31岁上下，性格比较内向。老摩尔街上的商人们几乎从没见过他。他的工作似乎是管理距科伦坡几小时车程的马克莱市郊外一个家族胡椒农场。
It’s not clear how long the Povlsens spent in Colombo： Alma’s Instagram posts indicate that she was in Sri Lanka at least four days。 One image， taken the Thursday before Easter and tagged Sri Lanka， shows three younger children， presumably her siblings， sitting at the edge of a swimming pool framed by tall palm trees。 The caption reads： “Three little darlings。”
波尔森一家在科伦坡究竟待了多长时间尚不得而知，从阿尔玛的Instagram帖子看她在斯里兰卡待了至少四天。其中一张照片拍摄于复活节前的那个星期四，打了“斯里兰卡”标签。照片上三个年幼的孩子坐在泳池边上，周围环绕着高大的棕榈树，应该就是她的弟弟妹妹。配文是：“三个小宝贝。”
The night before the Easter attacks， according to a family member who spoke with journalists， Inshaf told his wife he was traveling to Zambia。 As he said goodbye， he lingered an extra moment outside the car and said， “Be strong。”
据与记者交谈过的一名家族成员表示，复活节炸弹袭击前夜，因沙夫告诉妻子他要去趟赞比亚。道别时，他在车外多停留了片刻然后说，“要坚强。”
复活节袭击的前一天晚上，因沙夫·易卜拉欣入住了科伦坡的肉桂大酒店。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
He then checked into the Cinnamon Grand hotel in Colombo。 His brother Ilham checked into the Shangri-La。 Inshaf used a fake identity card， but Ilham used his real identification， a decision that， after the attacks， would have additional deadly consequences。
随后他在科伦坡的肉桂大酒店（Cinnamon Grand hotel）登记入住。弟弟伊尔哈姆入住了香格里拉（Shangri-La）酒店。因沙夫用了假身份证，但伊尔哈姆用了真实身份——袭击过后，这一决定将会造成更多人丧生。
CCTV footage from the Shangri-La shows Ilham stepping into the elevator and later into the Table One restaurant with another man who has now been identified as Zaharan Hashim， the bombings’ suspected mastermind。 When the authorities figure out how they met， it will unlock a lot about what was about to unfold。
香格里拉的监控录像显示，伊尔哈姆迈入了电梯，后与另一男子步入一号桌餐厅，这名男子现身份已被认定为扎哈兰·哈希姆（Zaharan Hashim），他是爆炸案的嫌疑主谋。待当局查明他们如何相识之时，接下来讲述的许多事的谜也将随之解开。
监控画面显示，复活节那天，扎哈兰·哈希姆在香格里拉酒店的电梯里。 SIRASA TV， VIA REUTERS
It is not clear how Zaharan and Ilham met， but members of the Ibrahim extended family say Ilham was more devout than others in his family and that his young wife， Fatima， covered her entire face with a veil， unusual in Sri Lanka。
尚不清楚扎哈兰与伊尔哈姆如何相识，但易卜拉欣大家族的成员表示，伊尔哈姆比他家其他人都更虔诚，他年轻的妻子法蒂玛（Fatima）会遮挡整张脸，这在斯里兰卡很不常见。
The mutual attraction makes sense： If Ilham was looking for spiritual guidance， Zaharan may have offered that。 And if Zaharan had murderous plans， then the Ibrahim family fortune could help finance them。
这种结交的意向可以想象：假使伊尔哈姆是在寻求精神导引，那么扎哈兰也许能提供。而倘若扎哈兰有杀人的计划，伊尔哈姆的家族财富也可以给予资助。
On Easter Sunday， the skies above Colombo were clear。 The sun beat down。 All of the major hotels — and churches — were crowded。
复活节星期天，科伦坡天空晴朗。夕阳西下。所有的大酒店——和教堂——都挤得满满当当。
科伦坡的白旗，纪念复活节袭击的受害者。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Table One was filling with guests。 They sat in long rows in green cushioned chairs， the room lit by bright windows。 The food on offer included the likes of English breakfast sausages， fish curry and string hoppers （spongy rice noodles popular in Sri Lanka）。
一号桌客人很多。他们在铺着绿色坐垫的椅子上坐成长排，明亮的窗户照亮了房间。供应的餐食有英式早餐香肠、咖喱鱼和string hopper（斯里兰卡一种常见的轻软、有弹性的米粉）。
Ilham and Zaharan entered the restaurant from different sides。 At about 8：50 a.m。， they blew themselves up。
伊尔哈姆和扎哈兰从不同方向进入餐厅。大约早8：50分，他们引爆了自己身上的炸弹。
周六，科伦坡圣安东尼教堂内，消防队员将积水从被毁坏、被血洗的教堂内部清理出来。 ADAM DEAN FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Thirty-three people were killed at the Shangri-La， including three of Povlsen’s four children。 It is not clear how the blast killed half the family and spared the rest。
香格里拉有33人死亡，包括波尔森四个孩子中的三个。尚不清楚这起爆炸为何导致半数家庭成员遇难，其余则幸免。
In a photo taken at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka in Colombo a few hours later， a man who appears to be Povlsen clutches a mobile phone to his ear， his shirt stained with blood， his left eye nearly swollen shut。 When a Sri Lankan journalist asked to speak to him， he shook his head。
数小时后在科伦坡的斯里兰卡国立医院（National Hospital of Sri Lanka）拍到的一张照片显示，一名似乎是波尔森的男子抓着一部手机到耳边，他的衬衫布满血渍，左眼肿到几乎睁不开。当一名斯里兰卡记者请求与他交谈时，他摇了摇头。
At the Cinnamon Grand， CCTV footage shows Inshaf， wearing a backpack and ball cap， stepping into the buffet room。 But then he stops。 He walks forward and then back， forward and then back， several times， his body tight。
在肉桂大酒店，监控录像显示背着双肩包、戴着棒球帽的因沙夫步入了自助餐厅。但他停了下来。他往前走走又退了回去，往前然后又退回，如此反复数次，身体很僵。
“He was clearly reluctant，” the family member said。 “He was always more connected to people than Ilham。”
“他显然很犹豫，”这位家庭成员说。“他总是比伊尔沙姆更喜欢和人打交道。”
But whatever hesitation he might have been feeling， Inshaf overcame it。 He killed himself and 20 others。
但无论曾感到过怎样的犹豫，最终都被因沙夫克服了。他杀死了自己和其他20人。
Within minutes of one another， seven suicide bombers across Sri Lanka detonated backpacks stuffed with powerful explosives， blowing apart people at three hotels and three churches。
在几分钟之内，斯里兰卡各地7名自杀式炸弹袭击者接连引爆装满强力炸药的背包，把三所酒店和三座教堂的人群炸成粉碎。
Because Ilham used his real identification card when he checked into Shangri-La， the police quickly figured out who he was。 Within hours， constables swarmed the Ibrahim mansion。
由于伊尔沙姆在入住香格里拉时使用了真实身份证，警方很快查明了他的身份。几小时之内，治安警察就包围了易卜拉欣的住宅。
They were greeted at the door by a woman who then turned and dashed up the stairs。 It was Fatima， Ilham’s wife。
一名女子前来门口和他们打了招呼，然后转身、快步上了楼梯。那是法蒂玛，伊尔沙姆的妻子。
At the top of the stairs in front of her three children， Fatima blew herself up， killing three police officers and all the children， ages 5， 4 and 9 months。 Police officials said she might have been pregnant， too。
在楼梯顶端，法蒂玛当着三个孩子的面把自己引爆了，导致三名警官和所有孩子死亡，孩子年龄分别在5岁、4岁和9个月。警方表示，她可能还怀有身孕。
Ibrahim， the family patriarch， was handcuffed to a police officer and taken away。
家族族长易卜拉欣被警官铐上手铐带走。
作者：Jeffrey Gettleman， Kai Schultz， Mujib Mashal and Russell Goldman
翻译：晋其角、李建芳
