Four people were killed and two injured in a US drone strike on a suspected militant compound in South Waziristan on Friday. The unmanned US aircraft fired two missiles, hitting a house in the Shin Warsak area of the restive tribal agency, which is part of the notorious tribal badlands that Washington calls a global headquarters of al Qaeda.
Officials in Wana said the compound had been established by militants in an abandoned house.
The identity of the dead and injured militants could not be ascertained; however they comprised local and foreign militants. The injured along with the dead bodies were shifted to an unknown place immediately after the attack. “Two missiles were fired at the house of a tribal elder where local militants were present,” one security official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to media. “Four dead bodies have been recovered and two are injured,” the official added.
Shin Warsak is 15 kilometres west of Wana, the headquarters of the district of South Waziristan, considered a militant stronghold. The security official said initial reports suggested that a group of local militants were present in the house at the time of the attack. Two other Pakistani intelligence officials confirmed the drone strike
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