(Previous Incident Code: B40 )

Up to 13 people, including up to 11 civilians, were killed in an alleged US strike on the house of Amir Khan in Garyom on the border between North and South Waziristan, local and international media reported.

While the death toll spanned from 11 to 13, a few reports claimed that between three and 11 civilians, all from the same family, were among the killed. One source said that 11 members of one family died, while The News stated that: “Three of the dead were identified as close family members of Amir Gul (Amir Khan, ed.), who was not present in his house at the time of the strike. Tribesmen claimed that all the dead were local people and that nine bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. Authorities, however, insisted that at least nine of the dead were militants but did not confirm if there was any foreigner in the house.”

Many reported that the home owner was possibly killed – he was named variously as local tribesman Amir Khan (whose father reportedly died in a clash with Nato forces in Afghanistan in 2007) Ameer Gul and Mir Gul. Up to nine “Arabs” also reportedly died in the attack.

All sources suspected that the US was behind the strike.