QUETTA, Nov 4: Three suspects were killed in crossfire with Frontier Corps personnel after they allegedly torched two Nato oil tankers in Dhadar area of Kachhi Bolan district on Monday, while an accomplice of theirs was arrested.

According to an FC spokesman, four armed men attacked the tankers carrying fuel for US-led Nato forces in Afghanistan.

“The attackers sprayed the tankers with bullets after which they caught fire,” he said, adding that the assailants escaped after the attack.

After the incident, FC personnel conducted a search in Bakhtiarabad area where an exchange of fire took place with the assailants. Three of them were killed and one arrested.

A district administration officer said the men on two motorbikes intercepted the tankers in Bala Nari area. He said the arrested man was being interrogated at a police station and he belonged to a defunct group.

The driver of a tanker was injured in the attack.