(Previous Incident Code: Ob271 )

Up to five alleged militants were killed in a 2.40 AM airstrike on a house in Datta Khel, a suburb of Miranshah, North Waziristan, on May 23rd 2012. The BBC also reported “several injured”, but no civilians seemed to have been harmed.

Five drones were reportedly flying over the town of Miranshah at the time of the attack, suggesting that a possible High Value Target may have been present. According to the BBC, the area has been known as an Al Qaida and Taliban stronghold.

Express Tribute reported that two missiles were fired into the house. An anonymous security official stated that “it could not be confirmed whether the militants were foreigners or locals”.

Residents of the village told AFP that the bodies of those killed had been charred badly, and that militants had cordoned off the area and were sifting through the rubble.

The strike came despite continuing Pakistani protests at the attacks, and an ongoing dispute with the United States about the resumption of the delivery of NATO supplies to Afghanistan through the country.