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Pak: 50 NATO trucks torched on Motorway, 4 people dead
Unidentified militants attacked and set fire to a convoy of about 50 tankers and containers of the NATO forces heading towards Peshawar on the Motorway, in the Sangjani area of Ternol near Islamabad, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. According to the television channel, four people were killed in the attack while another three were injured. Police sources said the convoy was heading towards Peshawar carrying oil and food supplies for the NATO forces. The vehicles and the supply items were completely burnt in the attack, the sources said. The Capital Development Authority has sent five fire-brigade vehicles to extinguish the fire, the channel reported. Rehman Malik, the federal minister for Interior, has asked security agencies to probe into the incident and present a report. No militant organisation has as yet claimed responsibility for the incident, the channel said. Law enforcement agencies have arrested some 26 people in Islamabad and recovered weapons from them, the channel said.Posted by: Fred 2010-06-09 |
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