莫斯科将使用新式“反恐”公厕

俄罗斯首都莫斯科将于今年年底在街头安装最新研制的“反恐”公厕，届时占据街头大量空间的旧式塑料公厕将被取代。

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Terrorist-proof public lavatories will replace the flimsy primitive portable plastic lavatories that currently litter many public spaces in Moscow.
Moscow is to be equipped with terrorist-proof public lavatories（厕所，盥洗室） that are strong enough to contain a bomb blast.

The introduction of the state-of-the-art WCs follows a spate³ of Islamist terror attacks on the Russian capital over the years.

In the last major attack, in January, a suicide bomber⁴ struck Moscow’s busiest airport killing⁵ 37 people.

"This lavatory⁶ can function on its own and is vandal（破坏文化艺术的） and terrorist-proof,” said Anatoly Ashikhmin, an official involved in the project.

The new lavatories’ shells will be made from ultra-strong fibrous concrete, while fittings inside will be hewn from a mixture of steel and reinforced plastic.

Due to be pressed into service before the end of the year, members of the public will be allowed to spend a maximum of thirty minutes inside before the door opens automatically and an alarm sounds.

In a city where the temperature can plunge⁷ well below zero in winter, the new unisex WCs boast another advantage: the temperature inside will never drop below 16 degrees Celsius⁸.

City officials have not said how many of the fully⁹ automatic vacuum（真空，空间） lavatories will be ordered but have promised that in time they will replace the flimsy primitive portable plastic lavatories that currently litter many public spaces in Moscow.