Oil Tanker Explosion Kills at Least 15 in Pakistan - New York Times

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 15 people were killed when an oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded on Saturday in the northwestern tribal region, government officials said.

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The tanker was damaged when a bomb went off near a boys’ college in Landi Kotal in the tribal region of Khyber Agency. “Fire brigade officials put out the fire but in the mean time, people from neighboring areas had gathered and were trying to take away the oil while another explosion took place, killing 15 people,” a local government official, Abdul Nabi, said.

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The Bloomberg news service, citing the Islamabad-based Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority, reported on Saturday that the Pakistani government raised domestic fuel prices as much as 12 percent on May 1, after increasing them 13 percent on April 1, to bring charges in line with international prices.

Oil Tanker Explosion Kills at Least 15 in Pakistan - New York Times