枪手在巴基斯坦西北部枪杀了两名保护脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种小组的警察，此前一天，四名保护脊髓灰质炎工作人员的警察被绑架。
Gunmen have shot dead two police officers protecting polio vaccination teams in northwestern Pakistan, a day after four officers protecting polio workers were kidnapped.
周二，袭击者骑摩托车在开伯尔-普什图省向一辆警车开火。一名警察在袭击中受伤，事发时警方人员正前往附近村庄保护脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种小组。
The attackers, travelling on a motorcycle, opened fire on a police car in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. A third officer was injured in the attack, which occurred as the officers were travelling to a nearby village to protect polio vaccination teams.
“两名警察人员殉职，另一人受伤。但警车内没有脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种工作人员，”警方官员阿里·雷赫曼·汗告诉法新社。
“Two police personnel were martyred and another was injured in the attack. However, no polio vaccination staff were present in the police vehicle,” police official Ali Rehman Khan told the AFP news agency.
目前无人认领此次枪击，但类似袭击经常由巴基斯坦塔利班（缩写TTP）和其他武装团体实施。这些团体错误地认为脊髓灰质炎疫苗接种小组是西方为给儿童绝育而策划的阴谋的一部分。
No one has claimed responsibility for the shooting, but similar attacks have regularly been carried out by the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, and other armed groups. These groups falsely believe that polio vaccination teams are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.
巴基斯坦总统阿西夫·阿里·扎尔达里周二在X平台发帖称，周二的枪击“极其令人遗憾且应受谴责”。
In a post on X, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said Tuesday’s shooting was “extremely regrettable and condemnable”.
他补充说：“部署保护脊髓灰质炎小组的警察人员正在履行国家职责；他们的牺牲不会被遗忘。”
“Police personnel deployed to protect polio teams are performing a national duty; their sacrifices will not be forgotten,” he added.
开伯尔-普什图省也是周一四名保护脊髓灰质炎工作人员的警察被绑架的地方。他们至今未被找到，搜寻工作仍在进行中。
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is also where four officers protecting polio workers were abducted on Monday. They have yet to be found, and search efforts remain under way.
巴基斯坦和邻国阿富汗是全球仅有的两个野生脊髓灰质炎病毒仍然流行的国家。巴基斯坦去年报告了31例病例。
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only two countries worldwide where wild poliovirus remains endemic. Pakistan reported 31 cases of the disease last year.
暴力事件发生之际，巴基斯坦周日启动了一项有针对性的行动，旨在覆盖全国97个高风险地区近2400万名儿童。同一天，卫生当局登记了该国今年第八例脊髓灰质炎病例，患者是来自开伯尔-普什图省（KP）开伯尔区的一名13个月大女童。开伯尔-普什图省仍是疫情最严重的省份，报告六例病例，其次是信德省的两例。
The violence coincided with the launch of a targeted drive on Sunday to reach nearly 24 million children across 97 high-risk districts throughout the country. The same day, health authorities registered the country’s eighth polio case of the year in a 13-month-old girl from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)’s Khyber district. KP remains the hardest-hit province with six cases, followed by two in Sindh.
小儿麻痹症具有高度传染性，极易在人与人之间传播。在极端情况下，它可能导致改变人生的后果，包括瘫痪。
Polio is highly contagious and easily spreads between people. In extreme cases, it can lead to life-altering conditions, including paralysis.