Breaking - NATO oil tankers attacked and destroyed in Islamabad, Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD: At least five persons were killed while another four sustained injuries when unknown gunmen attacked Nato-supply tankers near Islamabad; setting as many as 30 oil and gas containing tankers on fire, Geo news reported.

According to reports so far reached here, in another bid to blow a hard strike into global efforts to uproot militancy, nearly thirty Nato containers, meant for supplying fuel and other logistic support for Nato forces resisting against Taliban in Afghanistan, have been torched as unknown assailants opened fire and set them ablaze in suburbs of federal Capital Islamabad late on Tuesday night, killing five persons and wounding four others.

Bizarrely, all the drivers and containers’ cleaners had disappeared from the incident scene when the ambush was carried out near Sang Jani place located in the outskirts of Islamabad, eyewitnesses told media persons.

Rescue efforts have been kicked off and law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the crime scene. Dead bodies and wounded men are being rushed to hospital for medical treatment.

Federal Home Minister Rehman Malik has ordered for magisterial inquiry into incident, ministry sources said.

Fire tenders have been dispatched to incident site to tame fierce blaze, as all containers are on thick fire, meanwhile, police parties are in pursuit of attackers, sources said.

According to police sources, miscreants were carrying heavy armaments while riding six motorcycles and two cars when they lodged onslaught.

Last Edited by psychic chemtrail on 06/08/2010 06:55 PM