(Previous Incident Code: Ob12 )

An attack on a truck rigged as an anti-aircraft vehicle killed between three and four alleged militants after its occupants had earlier fired on a drone, according to local media.

The US led strike also destroyed two of the nearby shops, wounding up to five civilians, two critically.

Geo TV reported that “The drone was flying very low and as soon as militants in a truck opened fired at it, two missiles were fired that hit the vehicle and killed three militants”.

A Pakistani security official told Dawn, “Drones returned after some time and targeted a vehicle, which was parked near some shops. Three people were killed in the attack. Four others were wounded — they were either shopkeepers or local residents.”

Three of those killed were reported to be ‘Punjabi militants’, with the fourth allied to local leader Maulvi Nazir.