[The News (Pak) Top Stories] Four oil tankers, supplying oil to Nato forces across the border in Afghanistan, caught fire in the Akhtarabad area of the provincial capital on Tuesday when they were attacked by unknown armed men.Confirming the attack, police told The News that the oil tankers were going to Afghanistan for supplying oil to the Nato forces. When the tankers were passing through the Akhtarabad area of Quetta, some unknown armed men, riding a motorcycle, attacked the oil tankers. The armed men opened indiscriminate fire with sophisticated weapons at the tankers. The police said one of the oil tankers caught fire, which engulfed the other three as well. Flames could be seen from miles, eyewitnesses said.
Fire tenders and police reached the spot. After hectic efforts of two hours, the fire fighters extinguished the fire. The police said one of the tankers was completely destroyed, while three others were partially damaged.
SHO Shalkot police station Khalil Ahmed Bugti told media persons that the police had recovered 50 empty rounds of different calibres from the spot. He said efforts were under way to trace the attackers. However, no arrest was made till the filing of this report. Police have started a probe into the matter.
APP adds: Supply of fuel and other items to Nato forces in Afghanistan was once again suspended after the Afghan forces closed the Pak-Afghan border here on Tuesday afternoon.