Five killed in attack on aid agency in Pakistan
Page last updated at 06:09 GMT, Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Unidentified gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan, killing up to five people, the police said.
身份不明的槍手在巴基斯坦襲擊西方援助機構的辦事處，殺死 5人，警方說。
The victims, including two women, were all Pakistanis, reports say.
The attack took place on the office of the World Vision in Mansehra district, 65 km (40 miles), north of Islamabad, the police said.
Islamic militants have attacked offices of foreign NGOs in the past in Pakistan, correspondents say.
Police official Sajid Khan told the AFP news agency that some armed people had "stormed" the building of the NGO.
"There was firing and also an explosion inside," he said.
The police said that the gunmen opened fire and exploded grenades once inside the building.
One unidentified aid worker said the gunmen had "engaged in battle with the police" inside the building.
Plan International's offices in Mansehra were firebombed in 2008國際計劃在曼塞拉的辦公室於2008年被擲燃燒彈
Attacks on aid workers are not uncommon in Pakistan.
In February 2008, British aid agency Plan International suspended its operations in Pakistan after three of its workers were killed in an attack on its office in Mansehra.
Correspondents say Mansehra in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) had served as a base for militants operating in Afghanistan and Kashmir.
Militant groups and religious parties in Pakistan have often accused non-governmental organisations (NGOs) of spreading "vulgarity" in society.
This is because the NGOs mostly employ women workers and organise mixed social gatherings in line with their professed policy of gender equality, observers say.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8559078.stm
簡訊：美國慈善機構巴基斯坦遇襲
更新時間 2010年 3月 10日, 格林尼治標準時間08:39
美國基督教慈善機構「世界宣明會」在巴基斯坦西北部的一處分部遭到武裝分子襲擊。
巴基斯坦警方說，武裝分子用手榴彈和槍支發動攻擊，造成至少四人死亡。
他們指責伊斯蘭激進分子發動了襲擊。
BBC在巴基斯坦的記者說，據了解所有死者都是巴基斯坦人。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2010/03/100309_brief_pakistan.shtml
巴基斯坦世界宣明會辦公樓遇襲5死
(星島)2010年3月10日 星期三 16:23
巴基斯坦西北邊境省曼塞赫拉的世界宣明會辦公樓，10日遭武裝分子襲擊，造成5人死亡和5人受傷。
遇襲的是世界宣明會辦事處，位於伊斯蘭堡以北65公里處。巴基斯坦警方表示，一批身身分不明的伊斯蘭武裝分子先向辦事處扔炸彈，接著朝工作人員開槍射擊。5名工作人員當場死亡，其中包括2名婦女。
武裝分子行兇後逃離現場。警方已派遣大批警察搜捕襲擊者。爆炸發生後，世界宣明會宣布關閉在巴基斯坦的全部6家辦事處。
世界宣明會是國際性救援及發展機構，由美國 人卜皮爾1950年創立。該組織在曼塞赫拉主要從事救助2005年地震孤兒和社區可持續發展項目。
http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/100310/3/gy0x.html
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