Chinese company oil tankers attacked and burned in Balochistan

Posted on 2013-07-15 ( 99 reads )

Chaghi :  (BWNews Monitoring Desk) Armed militants torched four oil tankers carrying fuel for a Chinese company in Chaghi district of Balochisan on Sunday evening. Ghullam Haider, a Levies official told Dawn.com that militants opened fire on four oil tankers carrying fuel for a Chinese company, operating in the Saindak Copper-Gold project, in Chaghi district of Balochisan. He said all four tankers caught fire during firing by militants. "Flames of fire and thick black some could be seen on the spot", Haider said, adding that there was no information regarding the number of militants involved in the attack. The drivers managed to escape unhurt from the spot, the levies official added. The administration was facing difficulties to put off roaring flames of fire due to the lack of fire fighters in the remote area of Balochistan. This incident comes a week after the militants had torched an oil tanker carrying fuel for a Chinese company in Mastung district of Balochistan. http://balochwarna.com/xnews/articles.331/Chinese-company-oil-tankers-attacked-and-burned-in-Balochistan.html