Three killed in US drone attack

Published December 9, 2009

MIRAMSHAH, Dec 8 A US drone fired missiles on a car in Arghund village in North Waziristan on Tuesday, killing three suspected militants and injuring three others.

According to local people the drone fired two missiles on the car parked near a residential compound. One missile hit the car and killed the three militants and injured three others who were inside the compound.—Correspondent

Agencies add “The three people killed in the attack were militants but their identity is not yet confirmed,” an intelligence official told AFP.

A security official and another intelligence official in Peshawar confirmed the strike, saying the missiles were fired from an unmanned US aircraft.

The US military, as a rule, does not confirm drone attacks which have killed a number of top-level militants.

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