PESHAWAR – A US drone strike in the lawless tribal region – the second such attack in 24 hours on the area near the Afghan border – killed five militants Monday, security officials said. The strike took place in the mountainous Spalga village, 20 kilometres south of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan, a hub of Al-Qaeda-linked militants.
“It was a US drone strike which targeted a militant compound, killing five rebels,” a senior local security official told AFP, adding it destroyed the compound. Another official confirmed the strike and said US drones fired four missiles.
It was not clear exactly how many of the unmanned aircraft were involved but at least five had been in the air since the morning, he said. It was not immediately clear if there were any high-value targets present at the time of the attack in or outside the compound.
Late on Sunday, a US drone killed at least five militants in neighbouring South Waziristan.
