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Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker.
警察说他们认为这次袭击是针对那个毒犯的死实施的报复。
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They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.
为了报复前一天的炸弹袭击,他们杀死了两个人.
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