Gunmen destroy NATO supply trucks outside Islamabad, kill 7


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ISLAMABAD, 09 June 2010: Gunmen in Pakistan opened fire on trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, torching more than a dozen vehicles and killing seven people near Islamabad, police said on Wednesday.

The attack took place overnight at Tarnol about 15 kilometres (10 miles) outside the Pakistani capital on the road to the northwestern city of Peshawar and in turn towards the main NATO supply route into neighbouring Afghanistan.

Although militants have carried out a series of strikes against supplies for US and NATO-led foreign forces fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Wednesday’s assault was the first so close to the heavily guarded capital.

"Seven deaths have been confirmed. Four are injured. There is no information about any arrests," said police official Gustasab Khan.

"Unknown attackers opened fire on vehicles parked at Tarnol. Fire erupted in the tankers and trucks, and over a dozen were set ablaze. They were trucks carrying NATO supplies," said police official Tahir Riaz.

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