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| A fire fighter carries a water hose towards burning vehicles, which were carrying supplies to foreign forces in Afghanistan, after they were set ablaze in Sangjani, located in the outskirts of Pakistan's capital Islamabad early morning June 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) |
ISLAMABAD, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Fire fighters have succeeded to extinguish the fire set on NATO supplies trucks by suspected militants at a terminal near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on late Tuesday night.
Fire fighters were called from Islamabad and the garrison city of Rawalpindi to control the fire and they succeeded to control blaze after five-hour efforts, officials said.
Islamabad police chief Kalim Imam said that six people were killed while six others injured when a group of gunmen fired and then torched tankers and containers carrying supplies and oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The attack took place in a parking lot at Tarnol area, some 50 kilometers southwest of Islamabad, at around 11:30 p.m. local time.
Doctors at the Islamabad's Institute of Medical Sciences said that eight bodies were brought to the hospital. They were drivers and helpers who died from burn injures. Six people were injured and two of them in critical condition, hospital sources said.
Police said that some 50 oil tankers and supplies trucks with armored vehicles and heavy machinery were attacked.
