Police say 7 militants on motorcycles attacked the parked oil tankers Thursday night . The attack occurred in a remote area of northern Iraq near an Iraqi border crossing with Syria and was carried out by two suicide bombers who were killed when they detonated their explosives, police said. Closing the routes was a response to NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers . At least seven militants on motorcycles took part in Thursday night 's attack , said police official Hamid Shakeel . No injuries reported in the attacks on tankers ; police say the attackers escaped .
Police say 7 militants on motorcycles attacked the parked oil tankers Thursday night . The attack occurred in a remote area of northern Iraq near an Iraqi border crossing with Syria and was carried out by two suicide bombers who were killed when they detonated their explosives, police said. Closing the routes was a response to NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers . No injuries reported in the attacks on tankers ; police say the attackers escaped .