NATO tankers attacked in Quetta

Islamabad, Sep 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Police has said that unknown armed men on two motorbikes opened fire on oil tankers in Akhtarabad area of Quetta destroying eight of them.

The tankers, which were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Southern Afghanistan, caught fire soon after the incident and a huge fireball could be seen from a distance.

High ranking police officials, frontier corps personnel and firefighters reached the spot. The fire has now been extinguished.

The attackers are believed to be militants who managed to escape the scene, DawnNews reports. (ANI)