巴基斯坦一城市医院遭自杀式炸弹袭击

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达(Quetta)的一家医院昨日发生一起自杀式爆炸，造成至少70人死亡，另有数十人受伤。这引起人们担心该地区武装组织的袭击正变得越来越老练。

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.

当时，一群律师正聚集在这家主要的政府医院外，抗议当天早些时候俾路支省(Baluchistan)律师协会会长比拉尔•安瓦尔•卡西(Bilal Anwar Kasi)被暗杀。一名“孤狼”自杀炸弹袭击者在抗议人群中引爆了炸弹。

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”.

俾路支省首府奎达的一名高级警官告诉英国《金融时报》，暗杀和自杀性袭击看起来“高度协调”，并补充称，“暗杀背后的目的是引起一群律师在医院外抗议，给自杀炸弹袭击制造一个目标”。

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)的一个派别Jamaat-ur-Ahrar在一份声明中声称对此次爆炸袭击事件负责，尽管目前还不清楚该组织是否真的进行了这次袭击，因为据报道该组织过去曾做出虚假声明。

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.

此次袭击是在本周日巴基斯坦8月14日独立日年度庆祝活动之前进行的。俾路支省的卫生部长拉赫马特•萨利赫•俾路支(Rahmat Saleh Baloch)指出，袭击造成的大量伤者意味着死亡人数还将上升。