Week 3 -- Taoyuan Fire

Fire in Taoyuan kills six firefighters

2015/01/20 09:19:22

(By Chiu Chun-chin, Tang Pei-chun and Jay Chen) Enditem/lyf

Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Six firefighters perished early Tuesday when the structure of a burning bowling center in Taoyuan collapsed on them, Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) said.

The incident occurred when nearly 100 firefighters went to put out the fire in the coastal Xinwu District in the northern city, Cheng said in a Facebook post.

The six firefighters, all in their 20s, were found trapped on the second of the three-story building, officials said. Two people were rescued from the fire and sent to a hospital with injuries.

Cheng promised the best possible compensation for the bereaved families and an investigation into the cause of the fire and the question of whether the bowling center has any illegally built structure.

In Taipei, the Cabinet issued a statement expressing deep condolences over the death of the firefighters.

The Cabinet also said it will instruct the Ministry of the Interior, which oversees the National Fire Agency, to review firefighting measures, including personal equipment and training to help prevent similar incidents.

http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201501200004.aspx

Structure of Lead :

WHO: six firefighters

WHEN: early Tuesday 

WHERE: in Taoyuan

WHAT: six firefighters perished

WHY: fire

HOW:when the structure of a burning bowling center in Taoyuan collapsed on them

Keywords:

1. perish (v) 死亡
2. compensation (n) 補償；賠償
3. bereaved (a) 喪失的；死了的
4. condolences (n) 弔唁；慰問

Week 2 -- Sydney Cafe Hostage

Hostage in Sydney cafe was killed by police bullets during raid: courts
BY JASON SILVERSTEIN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 9:35 PM

When police stormed a Sydney cafe in December, killing a gunman to end a 16-hour hostage standoff, they also accidentally killed a hostage, an inquest revealed Wednesday.

Katrina Dawson, 34, one of the two hostages killed in the Lindt Chocolat Cafe, was struck by six fragments from one or more police bullets, one of which hit a major blood vessel.

That detail emerged in the first day of a coroner’s court inquest about what happened that day in December and what led up to it. Several surviving hostages will be called as witnesses, the BCC reports.

A former member of Australia’s counter-terrorism unit has suggested the police used the wrong rifles during the standoff, with bigger bullets that were more likely to ricochet, ABC reports.

The first inquest day also revealed that gunman Man Haron Monis forced Tori Johnson, the other hostage who was killed, to kneel down before being shot in the back of the head. The media previously reported Johnson, the cafe's manager, tried to knock the gun out of Monis’ hand before being shot.

Monis took 18 people hostage in the Lindt Chocolate Cafe on a Monday morning. He reportedly had a history of mental illness and supported radical Islamic extremism. During the standoff, he hung a black flag in the cafe that said in Arabic: “There is no God but Allah; Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah,” a phrase that also appears on the ISIS flag.

Police raided the cafe after several hostages ran out of it. Besides the three fatalities, four other hostages and a police officer were injured.

As the inquest continues, prosecutors plan to delve into Monis’ mental health history and determine how he got the guns used in the attack.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/sydney-cafe-hostage-killed-police-bullets-courts-article-1.2095666

Structure of the Lead :

Who : police

When : December

What : killing a gunman and a hostage

Why : to end a 16-hour hostage standoff

Where : a Sydney cafe

How : not mentioned

Keywords:

1. storm v. 猛攻
2. standoff n. 僵持
3. inquest n. 驗屍、審訊
4. fragment 碎片
5. counter-terrorism unit 反恐部隊
6. ricochet跳飛、跳彈
7. extremism極端主義
8.  prosecutor檢察官
9. delve into探究