PAKISTAN: Militants attack NATO oil tankers in Pakistan

Record ID: 344340

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Militants attack NATO oil tankers in Pakistan
  • Date: 15th September 2013
  • Summary: HUB, BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN (SEPTEMBER 15, 2013) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) OIL TANKER ABLAZE SEVERAL OIL TANKERS ON FIRE VARIOUS SILHOUETTES OF MEN STANDING IN FRONT OF BLAZE CROWD WATCHING BLAZE COMPOUND NEXT TO FIRE POLICE AND BYSTANDERS AT SITE OF FIRE FIRE
  • Embargoed: 30th September 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Conflict,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA37W13PXISRN5C9UD4JRSBS0E
  • Story Text: Fifteen oil tankers holding fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan were set on fire by militants in southwest Pakistan on Sunday (September 15).
    The blaze tore through the tankers and were completely destroyed.
    The tankers were parked at a roadside restaurant and were en route to Afghanistan when unidentified militants fired rockets at them, local media said.
    The were no reported casualties in the attack that took place in Hub, in restive Baluchistan province, 45km from Karachi.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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