Friday, February 25, 2011

15 NATO tankers torched - 4 dead

Peshawar 26 Feb 2011:
In a brazen attack on three parking lots in Garhi Qamardin on the Ring Road, over three-dozen armed militants killed at least four people and wounded 17 others before blowing up and torching 15 oil-tankers supplying fuel to the Nato forces in Afghanistan early on Friday.

A huge blast at around 1:25 am scared thousands of people in the vicinity, followed by several blasts that continued till the afternoon. Soon after the first blast, the attackers also opened fire that lasted almost half an hour.

Eyewitnesses said militants planted explosive devices in the oil-tankers parked in the Aslam Terminal, Jameel Terminal and another parking lot located close to each other on the Ring Road and then opened fire on the fuel tankers. Some eyewitnesses said the attackers were over 100 in number.

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