Seven Nato tankers set aflame near Sibbi

SIBBI: Seven Nato tankers have been set ablaze in Dhadar area of Sibbi, Geo News reported.

According to initial reports the oil tankers came under attack near Dhadar Bypass.

Police said unknown militants opened fire at Nato tankers convoy killing a trucker as well as setting highly inflammable fuel aflame.

Tankers looked like a giant bonfire of burning metal after the incident, an eyewitness said.

Polce have cordoned off the area a launched an investigation.

This is the second attack on those Nato supply tankers, which were returned back to the port city Karachi, owing to a blockade imposed by Pakistan on Afghanistan-bound Nato supplies.

Earlier, armed gunmen commandeered two supply tankers near Qila Abdullah.

All these attacks are said to be a reaction to the unprovoked Nato attack on a Pakistani border outpost in Mohmand Agency, which killed 26 Pakistan Army troops.