Missiles fired from a US drone on a vehicle and a house killed five militants in tribal belt near the Afghan border on Monday, security officials said. The missile strike took place in Khysore village, 35 kilometres (20 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town of troubled North Waziristan tribal district.
"A US drone fired four missiles on a house and a vehicle," a senior security official told AFP. "At least five militants were killed." A local intelligence and security official confirmed the strike and casualties. "First the US drone fired two missiles on a militant vehicle and two of the occupants were killed, while three others escaped and hid in a shop adjacent to a house. "The drone fired two more missiles on the shop and three of them were killed and three others were wounded," the official said.