24/09/2014 18:18
8 killed in suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan, sources say
Missiles fired by what is thought to be a U.S. drone killed eight suspected militants and injured an unspecified number of other people in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan on Wednesday morning, Pakistani intelligence sources said, according to CNN.
Four missiles hit a residential compound and a vehicle shortly before noon, the sources said.
North Waziristan, a mountainous region bordering Afghanistan, is part of Pakistan's loosely governed tribal areas and has long been a base for anti-government militants.
The compound that was hit Wednesday was known to house Uzbek militants, a local tribal elder told CNN.