巴基斯坦基督教堂遭遇恐襲

At least eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded in a suicide bomb attack which targeted a Methodist church in Pakistan’s south-western city of Quetta on Sunday.

巴基斯坦西南部城市奎達(dá)(Quetta)一座衛(wèi)理公會(huì)教堂周日遭遇一起自殺式炸彈襲擊，造成至少8人遇難，50多人受傷。

Two gunmen wearing vests packed with explosives stormed the church where up to 400 worshippers were gathered, just minutes after the Sunday service began.

周日禮拜開(kāi)始僅幾分鐘后，兩名身穿炸彈背心的槍手沖進(jìn)這個(gè)教堂，當(dāng)時(shí)有多達(dá)400名信徒聚集在這里禮拜。

The attack in the run-up to Christmas renewed fears surrounding the security of Pakistan’s Christian community who make up 1-2 per cent of the population.

發(fā)生在圣誕節(jié)前的此次襲擊令人再次對(duì)巴基斯坦基督徒群體的安全感到擔(dān)憂，這一人群占巴基斯坦總?cè)丝诘?%至2%。

The Isis militant group claimed responsibility through their Aamaq news service without giving further details.

“伊拉克和黎凡特伊斯蘭國(guó)”(ISIS)武裝組織通過(guò)其Aamaq新聞通訊社聲稱對(duì)此次襲擊負(fù)責(zé)，但沒(méi)有提供更多細(xì)節(jié)。

Sarfaraz Bugti, provincial minister of home affairs for Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is the capital, told reporters that the gunmen shot randomly before one of them was killed by police while another blew himself up. Two other members of the group escaped.

奎達(dá)是俾路支省首府。該省內(nèi)務(wù)部長(zhǎng)薩爾法拉茲•布格蒂(Sarfaraz Bugti)告訴記者，兩名槍手隨機(jī)朝人群開(kāi)槍，后來(lái)其中一名槍手被警方擊斃，另一個(gè)引爆身上的炸彈。該團(tuán)伙的另外兩名成員逃離。

John Kenneth Williams, a retired brigadier and a Christian who is a member of the upper house of parliament, said the attack was “bound to disturb the Christian community just as the commencement of Christmas week takes place from Monday”.

身為基督徒的退役陸軍準(zhǔn)將、巴基斯坦議會(huì)上議院議員約翰•肯尼斯•威廉姆斯(John Kenneth Williams)表示，此次襲擊“肯定會(huì)在圣誕周從周一開(kāi)始之際讓基督徒群體感到不安”。

He added: “Efforts to improve security conditions is a continuous process but there still doesn’t seem to be adequate [progress in creating foolproof security].”

他補(bǔ)充稱：“改善安全狀況的努力是一個(gè)持續(xù)的過(guò)程，但在(建立可靠的安全保障方面的進(jìn)展)似乎仍差強(qiáng)人意。”

Sunday’s attack also raised wider questions over security across Baluchistan — a region at the centre of China’s plans to invest up to U$60bn in Pakistan.

周日的襲擊事件還引發(fā)了有關(guān)整個(gè)俾路支省安全的更廣泛?jiǎn)栴}，這里是中國(guó)在巴基斯坦高達(dá)600億美元投資計(jì)劃的中心。

China is seeking to lay an ambitious network of railway lines and roads linking western China with the Beijing-funded Gwadar port in southern Pakistan. It also plans to invest in electricity generation projects under the auspices of CPEC, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, to help Pakistan end chronic power shortages and to establish special zones for new factories.

中國(guó)計(jì)劃鋪設(shè)一個(gè)雄心勃勃的鐵路和道路網(wǎng)絡(luò)，連接中國(guó)西部與巴基斯坦南方由中國(guó)出資的瓜達(dá)爾港。中國(guó)還計(jì)劃在“中巴經(jīng)濟(jì)走廊”(CPEC)項(xiàng)目的框架下投資發(fā)電項(xiàng)目，幫助巴基斯坦結(jié)束長(zhǎng)期的電力短缺，并為新工廠設(shè)立特區(qū)。

“Unless there is foolproof security in Baluchistan, China’s investment plans could suffer badly”, said the head of a prominent Pakistani business group. “It seems there isn’t enough reliable security along the CPEC route”.

“除非俾路支省能夠保障安全，否則中國(guó)的投資計(jì)劃可能嚴(yán)重受損”，巴基斯坦某知名企業(yè)集團(tuán)的負(fù)責(zé)人表示，“‘中巴經(jīng)濟(jì)走廊’沿線的安全保障似乎不夠可靠”。