MIRANSHAH: A US drone killed at least eight suspected militants Friday when it fired two missiles on a vehicle near the Afghan border, security officials said.
The attack took place in the Shaktoi area of South Waziristan.
"A drone fired two missiles on a vehicle. At least eight people were killed," a senior security official told AFP. "It is not immediately clear if some important target was hit in the missile strike."
Another security official based in Peshawar and an intelligence official based in South Waziristan confirmed the attack and death toll.
Tribesmen said that after the missile strike locals immediately cordoned off the area and began pulling out their colleagues from the burning wreckage.
"The bodies of the dead were badly burnt in the fire and I saw some of them putting small body parts in plastic bags," a resident told AFP, asking not to be named.
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