Fuel truck attacked in Pakistan

A tanker truck supplying aviation fuel to US aircraft in the Chaman area of Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, was attacked Monday by two unknown gunmen who sprayed the truck with bullets, causing the spillage of thousands of liters of gasoline. No one was injured.

July 29, 2004

By an OGJ Correspondent

KARACHI, July 29 -- A tanker truck supplying aviation fuel to US aircraft in the Chaman area of Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, was attacked Monday by two unknown gunmen who sprayed the truck with bullets, causing the spillage of thousands of liters of gasoline. No one was injured.

District administration head Mehrab Shah confirmed the attack, saying paramilitary forces had cordoned off the area, and an investigation into the incident was under way.