Suspected US strike kills four in Pakistan: officials

Suspected US spy drones fired missiles early Thursday into a restive Pakistani tribal area on the border with Afghanistan, killing four people, security officials said.

By Nuclear Power Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process

Published October 22, 2008

Suspected US spy drones fired missiles early Thursday into a restive Pakistani tribal area on the border with Afghanistan, killing four people, security officials said.

The missiles hit a madrassa, or an Islamic religious school, in a village just outside Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, residents and officials said.

"At 2:25 am, two spy drones fired three missiles at the madrassa of Mullah Mansoor. Three people were killed immediately, four were injured and another later expired at hospital," a security official told AFP.

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