In this task, given a sentence in the Japanese language, your task is to convert it into the English language.

Example input: ペトレイアス氏はまた、「2008年にさらに8旅団と大隊戦闘団を削減し、2008年7月中旬までに増加前のレベルの15旅団戦闘団にすること」を勧めた。
Example output: Petraeus also recommended, "reduction of eight further brigade teams and the battalion combats in 2008 until we reach the pre-surge levels of 15 brigade combat teams by mid-July 2008."
Example explanation: The above sentence is correctly translated from Japanese to English
Q: 退役および現役の軍当局者達や一般市民らなど、多くの人々が彼らの給与を取りに銀行に来ており、その爆発によって殺害もしくは負傷させられた。
A:
Many people, such as retired and serving military officials, civilians, had come to the bank to collect their salaries, were killed or wounded by the blast.