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2017考研英语拓展阅读：莫斯科遭袭 IS宣称负责
The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind an attack carried out on traffic police outside Moscow on Wednesday.
本周三，莫斯科外一交警局遭遇袭击，而所谓的伊斯兰国组织则声称对此事负责。
Both attackers, reportedly from Central Asia, were shot dead after wounding two policemen.
据报道该案两名袭击者都来自中亚，当时他们伤害了两名警察，随后便被当场射杀。
The gunmen were wielding firearms and axes and attacked police in Balashikha, east of Moscow.
两名歹徒挥舞着枪支和斧头，袭击了莫斯科东部巴拉希哈的警局。
IS made the claim via Amaq, a news agency linked to the group.
伊斯兰国通过Amaq(这是一家和该组织相关联的新闻机构)发布了相关声明。
Also on Wednesday Russian special forces killed four suspected militants in a shoot-out forces during a raid on an apartment block in St Petersburg.
同样是周三，俄罗斯特种部队对圣彼得堡一处公寓楼发动了突袭，在枪战中杀死了4名疑似激进武装分子。
Russia has long been battling extremism in the North Caucasus. Most Russians who have gone to fight for IS in Syria come from this area.
俄罗斯一直以来都在北高加索地区和极端主义作斗争。大多数前往叙利亚为IS效命的俄罗斯人都来自这里。
The insurgency in the Caucasus followed two bitter separatist conflicts in Russia’s Chechnya republic and has occasionally spilled over into violence in other parts of Russia.
在高加索叛乱之后，俄罗斯车臣共和国又经历了两次痛苦的分裂主义冲突，并且偶尔也会使得俄罗斯其他地方也爆发暴力冲突。