(Previous Incident Code: Ob41 )

Al Qaeda explosives expert Abu Musa al-Masri was reportedly killed along with two others. The attack, coming at the start of a Pakistan military offensive in South Waziristan, appears to have been hushed up for fear of unraveling a local Taliban ceasefire. According to Fox News

It hit territory controlled by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a militant leader the army has coaxed into remaining neutral during the offensive against the Mehsud faction in South Waziristan’

Associated Press reported that two young girls were also injured in the attack: Sameeda Gul, 6, hurt in her right leg, and Fatima Gul, 4, with head injuries. ‘Neither injury appeared to be life-threatening,’ the agency reported.