自9月20日来，位于英国南约克郡的谢菲尔德（Sheffield）发生多起针对中国留学生的袭击事件。袭击多发生在谢菲尔德大学校园内，而且被害者多为女生，有的学生受伤非常严重。
27日，中国驻曼彻斯特总领事馆发表声明，强烈谴责近日针对中国留学生进行袭击的暴行，并对受害同学进行了慰问。中国学联和侨界也对受害同学给予及时声援和帮助。
据悉，警方已拘捕一名犯罪嫌疑人，校方迅速安排专人为受害同学提供协助。目前，受害同学伤情稳定。
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总领事致函谢菲尔德大学校长，敦促校方会同警局采取果断措施，将犯罪分子绳之以法，并切实保护我留学人员人身安全。
中领馆高度关注案情进展，将继续与校方和警方保持密切联系，坚决维护我留学生人身安全和合法权益。
The Chinese Consulate General in Manchester on Monday strongly condemned recent attacks against Chinese students in Sheffield, a city in the English county of South Yorkshire, after several female Chinese students at the University of Sheffield said they had been struck over the head with a blunt object from behind.
The victims are in stable condition, the consulate said on its official account on Chinese social media platform WeChat, and the police have detained a suspect.
The consulate said it had written to the university's president urging the university to work together with the police to guarantee the personal safety of Chinese students.
谢菲尔德大学中国留学生：
一周发生7至8起针对中国学生的袭击
据封面新闻消息，记者采访到了一名在谢菲尔德大学学习，并了解此事的中国留学生小雪（化名），她向记者表示，大概从9月20日开始，谢菲尔德大学最近发生了7至8起针对中国学生，尤其是女学生的严重身体暴力事件。这些袭击事件大都发生在谢菲尔德大学的教学楼附近。据小雪表述，这些中国学生被用钝器从背后偷袭头部。
There has been seven or eight such assaults since September 20, a Chinese student at the university told Chinese media outlet Cover News. Most of the assaults took place near the university's teaching buildings, the student said.
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根据受害者描述，袭击者大多为同一名陌生女子，身高大概在160-165厘米。不过，也有另一位中国留学生向封面新闻记者表示，袭击者可能是“两名女性”，“她们拎着一个巨大的手提袋，里面装着‘很重的东西’，偷偷地寻找在街上等候或在教学楼周围的中国学生。”
The assailant was described by the victims as a woman who is about 1.60-1.65 meters tall, according to Cover News, though another Chinese student told the magazine that there could be two female attackers. "They were carrying a tote bag with heavy items inside, furtively scouting for Chinese students in the vicinity of the teaching buildings."
英国谢菲尔德大学 图源：视觉中国
据英国《星期日泰晤士报》报道，谢菲尔德大学的中国学生占其学生总数的16%，被认为是英国最依赖中国学生的大学之一。报道称，这一群体每年向大学支付的费用约为8500万英镑，约占该校全部学费收入的26%。
The University of Sheffield, where Chinese make up 16 percent of the student population, has been considered as one of the British universities most reliant on Chinese students. This group is estimated to pay £85 million a year to the university, which is about 26 percent of its total tuition fee income, according to data from British newspaper the Sunday Times.
自新冠肺炎疫情席卷英国以来，针对长相为东亚人的种族犯罪在英国有所增加。今年4月，一名中国学生在谢菲尔德走路时被一名白人女性毒打。
Race crime against people with East Asian appearances has mounted in the UK since the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the country. In April, a Chinese student was severely beaten by a white woman while walking in Sheffield.
中国驻英使馆发布提醒
28日，中国驻英国大使馆发文称，针对近期暴力袭击事件，中国驻英使馆在案发后第一时间向英国警方和有关学校提出交涉，敦促英方全力侦破案件，尽快将犯罪分子绳之以法。
使馆提醒在英中国公民近期外出提高警惕，遇不良分子挑衅，尽快设法脱身，记住对方体貌特征并及时报警。紧急情况下请联系中国驻英国使领馆寻求协助。
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综合来源：新华社，CGTN，封面新闻，中国驻英国大使馆，中国驻曼彻斯特总领事馆
