At least six people, including three foreign Islamist militants, were killed in a suspected US missile strike today in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda, intelligence officials and residents said.
The attack took place near Azam Warsak village in the South Waziristan tribal region, bordering Afghanistan.
"At least three missiles struck the house at around, killing six people and wounding three," an intelligence official in the region said.
Another intelligence official, who declined to be identified, said the dead included three foreigners and three local tribesmen.
Residents said they heard the sound of a drone aircraft engine, suggesting that missile may have been fired by US-controlled unmanned Predator.
"Some incident did take place but what kind of strike it was, whether it was missile or rocket attack or bomb explosion, we don't know," said military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas.
"Coalition forces don't share information about any strike with us prior to any attack," he said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani is in Washington today and due to hold talks later with President George W. Bush that will focus on the conduct of the war against terrorism. Drone missile strikes have killed dozens of suspected militants in northwest Pakistan this year.
REUTERS