Gunmen attack Ramadi fuel convoy, torch 15 trucks, kidnap drivers

A man celebrates after an attack on a fuel truck convoy in the same area in April, 2004. At least nine died in that attack, some burned alive. There was no mention of fatalities in the report on the current attack.

RAMADI, Iraq, April 29 (Reuters) - Gunmen set fire to 15 fuel trucks heading to the Iraqi volatile province of Anbar on Sunday and kidnapped all the trucks' drivers, police said.

Major Abdulghani al-Dulaimi said the trucks were transporting fuel from the Baiji refinery, north of Baghdad, to western Anbar. The incident happened early morning on a main road near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad.

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