Six killed in drone attack

Suspected US unmanned aircraft fired six missiles at a vehicle in tribal region near the Afghan border Sunday, killing six alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. The high number of missiles used in the attack in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan seemed to indicate an important militant was targeted.
But the identities of those killed were as yet unknown, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media. Datta Khel is an important base for militants from the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and also from al Qaida. A house was also partly destroyed in Sunday's attack, said the intelligence officials. It was unclear whether any of the six suspected militants who were killed were in the house at the time, or all in the vehicle.