(Previous Incident Code: Ob180 )

In the final attack of the heaviest year of drone strikes yet recorded, up to eight people, possibly counting civilians, were killed in a vehicle in Ghulam Khan, north Waziristan, after allegedly returning from a raid in Afghanistan: a local Pakistani intelligence officer reported, cited by Monsters&Critics:

“The militants were retreating to their hideout in North Waziristan after an attack on Taarkhobee check post in Afghanistan. They were traced and chased by a US drone.”

However, one source, Xinhua, reported three deaths and unlike the other sources, Xinhua did not describe them as militants. Instead, the news outlet stated that “it was not immediately known as to who was traveling in the vehicle,” thus suggesting the possibility of civilian casualties.

All known sources said that a US drone was behind the strike.