(Previous Incident Code: Ob367 )

Four or five people were killed in a CIA drone strike in the Shawal area of North Waziristan. The attack hit the same day Pakistan Air Force jets reportedly killed 10-22 people in nearby Datta Khel.

The strike reportedly hit a vehicle or residential compound with two missiles late in the evening of June 1. The identities of the dead was not immediately clear. However an unnamed Pakistani security official told AFP: “At least five militants were killed in the drone strike. Three of them are said to be Uzbek and two Pakistani Taliban militants. Two other Pakistani militants are injured.” And Express Tribune ambiguously reported “official sources claimed there were mostly foreigners among those killed”.

Intelligence official said “several drones were reportedly flying over the border of North and South Waziristan Agency in Shawal valley since evening,” according to Dawn.