4 killed, 2 injured in US drone strike in Pakistan

At least four people were killed and two others injured Friday evening when a U.S. drone attacked in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan, local media reported. According to the reports, the U.S. pilot-less plane fired four missiles at a house in the Dande Darpa Khel area of Miranshah, a main district of North Waziristan tribal region that borders Afghanistan. The strike destroyed the compound completely and killed four people on spot besides leaving two others injured. Local people rushed to the site for rescue work and took out the bodies and injured from the debris of the building. There was no immediate report about the identity of the deceased and injured whether they were civilians or militants. A couple of drones were still hovering over the area that spread panic among locals. Since this year, U.S. drones have launched 24 times of strikes by firing 69 missiles in Pakistan's northwest tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, killing at least 146 people and leaving 47 others injured. Earlier on late Wednesday night, at least three people were killed and three others injured when a U.S. drone targeted a house in the same tribal region of North Waziristan. On Wednesday, Pakistan's Upper House was informed that a total of 2, 227 people have so far been killed in 317 U.S. drone attacks in the country since 2008.