a major manhunt:大搜捕
heavily armed gang:全副武装的团伙
ambushed:伏击
prison van:囚车
brazen attack:肆无忌惮的袭击
prison guards:狱警
a drug dealer:毒贩子
court:法庭
at a toll booth:在收费站
unremarkable:不起眼的
the scene of a swift and brutal ambush:迅速而且残酷的伏击现场
veer:转向
masked attackers:蒙面袭击者
shooting:开枪
terrified passengers:惊恐的乘客
passing bus:路过的公共汽车
throw themselves to the ground :倒在地上
bullets ring out:子弹一响
assailant:袭击者
strolling calmly:平静地漫步
motorway:高速公路
trainers:运动鞋
aftermath carnage:善后大屠杀
painstaking search:艰苦地寻找
judge:审判
commensurate to :与xxx相称
convicted:被定罪
local burglar:当地窃贼
suspect:嫌疑人
fatal kidnapping:致命绑架案
facing an onslaught of gang violence:面临帮派暴力的冲击
accomplices:同伙
initiated:引发
forensic:法医
investigators:调查员
a violent attack:暴力袭击
indiscriminate violence:滥用暴力
chilling:令人不寒而栗
raid:突袭
assess the extent :评估程度
closing in on this gang:追捕团体
conviction:定罪
rang up:打了电话
no inkling:一无所知
pregnant:怀孕
fellow prison:狱友
vice versa:反之亦然
elite forces:精英部队