US drones fired missiles into a compound in northwest Pakistan where militants gathered Thursday, killing at least four in North Waziristan district on the Afghan border, officials said.
The Pakistani officials said unmanned American aircraft fired four missiles into the building in the Razmak area, 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of the region’s main town Miranshah.
Officials were divided on the death toll, with three different sources claiming the numbers of dead were variously four, five and seven.
The fresh strike came one day after US missiles destroyed a Pakistani Taliban base in South Waziristan, killing up to 18 militants including possible Al-Qaeda fighters in the deadliest such reported strike in three months.
“The target was a compound. The militants were in a room that was hit. Four were killed, three were wounded,” said a senior Pakistani official.
“Four missiles were fired on the compound in Badamshah village,” he added.
