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2026年8月12日 世界协调时20:52 更新于两小时前
2024年8月6日摄于资料图中，美国国旗与法官法槌。路透社/达多·鲁维奇/插图 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
华盛顿8月12日路透电 — 美国检察官周三宣布，联邦大陪审团已对一名男子提起仇恨犯罪起诉。警方称，该男子于7月中旬因受害者的宗教信仰，持刀多次刺向一名穆斯林。
美国司法部在一份声明中表示，来自犹他州奥勒姆市、现年48岁的彼得·拉尔森，因“蓄意因受害者实际或被感知的宗教信仰而造成身体伤害的联邦仇恨犯罪”，于7月在犹他州西谷城市谷集市购物中心的刺人案中被联邦大陪审团起诉。
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目前无法联系到拉尔森置评，他自7月13日被捕以来一直被州警方羁押。
警方称受害者为一名穆斯林男子，“全身多处刺伤，大量失血”，袭击者还向警方供认“打算杀死穆斯林”，这一事件在美国穆斯林群体中引发了警觉。
联邦检察官表示，受害者身中多刀，其中包括颈部，需要接受手术。他们补充说，调查认定拉尔森前往商场是为了袭击穆斯林。
联邦检察官称，拉尔森从商场内的一家商店购买了一把刀，并四处询问商场员工是否为穆斯林。当受害者表示自己是穆斯林时，拉尔森开始持刀袭击他。
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当旁观者介入并制服拉尔森直至警方赶到后，袭击才被制止。
美国民权倡导者指出，自2001年9月11日袭击事件以来的二十多年间，伊斯兰恐惧症持续抬头，而近期的反移民政策、白人至上主义以及以色列加沙战争的余波进一步加剧了这一现象。
近年来的致命暴力袭击包括：2023年伊利诺伊州一名6岁穆斯林儿童遭刺杀案，凶手被判处53年监禁后在羁押期间死亡；以及2026年圣地亚哥一座清真寺的枪击案，造成5人死亡，其中包括两名未成年嫌疑人。
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Federal grand jury returns hate crime indictment in stabbing of Muslim man in Utah
By Kanishka Singh
August 12, 2026 8:52 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
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WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors announced on Wednesday a hate crime indictment by a federal grand jury against a man who police said had stabbed a Muslim person multiple times in mid-July because of the victim’s religion.
Peter Larsen, 48, of Orem, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury “for the federal hate crime of willfully causing bodily injury to a victim because of his actual or perceived religion” in a July stabbing at the Valley Fair Mall in Utah’s West Valley City, the Justice Department said in a statement.
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Larsen, who could not be reached for comment, has been detained in state custody since his July 13 arrest.
The incident raised alarm among Muslim Americans after police said that the victim, a Muslim man, had “multiple stab wounds all over his body and was bleeding profusely” and that the attacker told police that he “intends to kill Muslims.”
The victim was stabbed multiple times, including in the neck, and needed surgeries, federal prosecutors said. They added that an investigation determined Larsen went to the mall to attack Muslims.
Larsen purchased a knife from a store inside the mall and went around asking mall employees if they were Muslim, federal prosecutors said, adding that when the victim responded that he was a Muslim, Larsen began stabbing him.
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The attack was stopped when bystanders intervened and subdued Larsen until police arrived.
U.S. rights advocates have noted rising Islamophobia over the last two-plus decades following the September 11, 2001, attacks, and more recently because of anti-immigration policies, white supremacy and the fallout of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Deadly violent attacks in recent years include a 2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old Muslim child in Illinois whose killer was sentenced to 53 years in prison before he died in custody, and a 2026 shooting at a San Diego mosque that left five dead, including two teenage suspects.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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