巴基斯坦一城市醫院遭自殺式炸彈襲擊
A suicide blast at a hospital in Pakistan’s south-western city of Quetta yesterday killed at least 67 and injured dozens more, raising fears that militant groups in the region are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attacks.
巴基斯坦西南部城市奎達(Quetta)的一家醫院昨日發生一起自殺式爆炸，造成至少70人死亡，另有數十人受傷。這引起人們擔心該地區武裝組織的襲擊正變得越來越老練。
A lone bomber blew himself up amid a group of lawyers that had gathered at the main government hospital to protest against the assassination earlier in the day of Bilal Anwar Kasi, president of the bar association in Baluchistan.
當時，一羣律師正聚集在這家主要的政府醫院外，抗議當天早些時候俾路支省(Baluchistan)律師協會會長比拉爾•安瓦爾•卡西(Bilal Anwar Kasi)被暗殺。一名“孤狼”自殺炸彈襲擊者在抗議人羣中引爆了炸彈。
A senior police officer in Quetta, provincial capital of Baluchistan, told the Financial Times the assassination and bombing appeared to have been “highly co-ordinated”, adding that “the objective behind the killing was to provoke a lawyers’ protest outside the hospital, which created a target for the suicide attack”.
俾路支省首府奎達的一名高級警官告訴英國《金融時報》，暗殺和自殺性襲擊看起來“高度協調”，並補充稱，“暗殺背後的目的是引起一羣律師在醫院外抗議，給自殺炸彈襲擊製造一個目標”。
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement, although it was not immediately clear if it had actually carried out the attack as it has reportedly made false claims in the past.
巴基斯坦塔利班(Taliban)的一個派別Jamaat-ur-Ahrar在一份聲明中聲稱對此次爆炸襲擊事件負責，儘管目前還不清楚該組織是否真的進行了這次襲擊，因爲據報道該組織過去曾做出虛假聲明。
The attack came ahead of this Sunday’s annual celebrations marking Pakistan’s August 14 independence day. Rahmat Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister, pointed out that the large number of injured in the attack meant the death toll was expected to rise.
此次襲擊是在本週日巴基斯坦8月14日獨立日年度慶祝活動之前進行的。俾路支省的衛生部長拉赫馬特•薩利赫•俾路支(Rahmat Saleh Baloch)指出，襲擊造成的大量傷者意味着死亡人數還將上升。
