周三早晨，四名武装分子使用枪支与炸弹袭击了巴基斯坦北部的帕夏汗大学，导致至少21名学生与教师死亡。

Officials say many more were wounded.

Emergency workers at Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan, Jan. 20, 2016. (Photo: N. Takar / VOA Deewa)

官员们称许多人受伤。

Police say the four attackers entered the university in Charsadda at around nine in the morning and began shooting students and teachers. Students and university workers told a VOA correspondent at the university that some of those killed or wounded were both shot and stabbed.

警方称，四名武装分子大约于上午九点进入位于恰尔萨达的帕夏汗大学，进入校内大楼后便向师生开枪。该校学生与工作人员告诉一名美国之音记者说：其中一些遇难或受伤的学生与老师都遭受枪击和刺伤。

Police official Saeed Wazir Khan said at least two of the attackers were suicide bombers.

巴基斯坦地区总警长赛义德·瓦齐尔汗说，至少有两名武装分子是自杀式炸弹袭击者。

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban denied responsibility for the attack. Mohammad Khorasani said the group does not target non-military organizations.

巴基斯坦塔利班发言人宣称否认对这一袭击事件负有责任。穆罕默德称该组织不会针对非军事组织。

But earlier, a Taliban commander in the area said he sent the four attackers to the university. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

但早些时候，该地区一名塔利班军官声称他派出四名武装分子袭击该大学。

A Pakistani military spokesman said troops killed the four attackers and took control of the university.

一名巴基斯坦军方发言人称，军警人员打死四名袭击者，控制了该大学。

About 3,000 students attend the university.

该大学有3000名学生。

Charsadda is about 50 kilometers from the provincial capital, Peshawar. In December 2014, militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar and killed 150 people, most of them children.

恰尔萨达距离省会白沙瓦约50公里。2014年12月，巴基斯坦塔利班武装分子袭击一所白沙瓦军人子弟学校，导致至少150人遇难，大多数为儿童。

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

我是Christopher Jones-Cruise。

Reporters Ayesha Tanzeem and Ayaz Gul prepared stories on the attack for VOANews. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted their stories for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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provincial - adj. of or concerning a province (an area outside the capital or a city)

Four attackers used guns and bombs to kill at least 21 students and teachers Wednesday morning at Bacha Khan University in northwest Pakistan.

Officials say many more were wounded.

Police say the four attackers entered the university in Charsadda at around nine in the morning and began shooting students and teachers. Students and university workers told a VOA correspondent at the university that some of those killed or wounded were both shot and stabbed.

Police official Saeed Wazir Khan said at least two of the attackers were suicide bombers.

A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban denied responsibility for the attack. Mohammad Khorasani said the group does not target non-military organizations.

But earlier, a Taliban commander in the area said he sent the four attackers to the university. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

A Pakistani military spokesman said troops killed the four attackers and took control of the university.

About 3,000 students attend the university.

Charsadda is about 50 kilometers from the provincial capital, Peshawar. In December 2014, militants linked to the Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar and killed 150 people, most of them children.

I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

Reporters Ayesha Tanzeem and Ayaz Gul prepared stories on the attack for VOANews. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted their stories for Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

We want to hear from you. Write to us in the Comments Section, or visit our Facebook page.

______________________________________________________________

Words in This Story

spokesman - n. a person who speaks for someone else or for a group

provincial - adj. of or concerning a province (an area outside the capital or a city)