PESHAWAR: A US drone strike targeting a vehicle killed four people in South Waziristan belt on Tuesday, local officials said, the second such operation since the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Local sources confirmed that the drone strike had killed five people and injured seven others.
A security official said the drones fired two missiles into South Waziristan.
Another official said the missiles fell near Angoor Adda village.
“Two missiles were fired on a vehicle at about 4:15 pm (1115 GMT) and four militants were killed,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The identity of the militants was not immediately known.
Initial reports from local sources said that the strike had targeted a compound in the area.
Arecent dronestrike in North Waziristan had killed at least 15 people and injured four others.
The drone strike was the first one following Osama bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad.
