Oil tanker
The armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the tanker. When the driver stopped it, they rushed towards it and set it afire. – File Photo

QUETTA: Armed men attacked and torched an oil tanker on National Highway near Khuzdar on Wednesday.

Police sources said the tanker was carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan.

The armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the tanker. When the driver stopped it, they rushed towards it and set it afire.

No arrest was made till late in the night.

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