One killed in NATO oil tanker attack in Pak's Balochistan province

Quetta, Feb 01(ANI): In the latest attack on convoys in Pakistan carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, unidentified men opened indiscriminate fire at a NATO oil tanker in Balochistan's Mastung district on Tuesday, killing two persons.

According to Levis Force, the tanker was en route to Afghanistan from Karachi when armed assailants opened fire at the vehicle in the Dasht region, the Dawn reports.

As a result, the tanker's driver died on the spot while a cleaner sustained bullet wounds in the attack.

Levis Force reached the incident site and shifted the victims to a nearby hospital, but the attackers managed to escape from the scene

Subsequently, Levis Force have registered a case and launched a probe into the incident.

The attack came just two days after unidentified men torched two NATO oil tankers in Balochistan's Khuzdar district.

Earlier, there have been similar attacks on the convoys carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan in Quetta, Naseerabad and Shikarpur areas of Pakistan. (ANI)