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1st LD: 5 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

Xinhua, May 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

t LD: 5 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 16 (Xinhua) - At least five people were killed and two others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched in Pakistan 's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan on Saturday evening, local media reported.

According to local Urdu TV Express News, the U.S. unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a house in the Wara Mandi area of Shawal valley of North Waziristan, Pakistan's restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

The attack completely destroyed the house and killed five persons and left two others injured.

Local residents of the area rushed to the site and pulled out the bodies and injured from the debris.

Identities of the killed and wounded persons have not been known yet. However, the reports said some suspected people were residing in the compound for some weeks.

Saturday's strike is the seventh of its kind in the tribal areas of Pakistan since the beginning of this year.

To date, at least 45 people have reportedly been killed and many others injured in such strikes. Endi