Assailants set the truck on fire after spraying bullets on it, said a police official.—AFP photo

QUETTA: A driver and his assistant were killed in an attack on a Nato truck on Monday in Balochistan province.

Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on a supply vehicle in Darakshan, about 30 kilometres east of Quetta.

“A driver and his helper were killed when unknown gunmen fired at a Nato truck returning from Afghanistan after delivering supplies,” local police official Manzoor Tareen told AFP.

The assailants then set the truck on fire, he said. The driver died in his cab, and his body was burned, while the helper leapt out but died on the way to hospital, Tareen said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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