(Previous Incident Code: Ob23 )

An attack on a suspected training facility (or offices) run by TTP commander Noor Wali Mehsud killed at least 10 alleged militants and injured as many as 35 people. ‘The News’ reported the following:

Tribal sources said a US drone fired three missiles at the office of Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud in Serwakai Tehsil at 9 am, killing 13 persons present in the office and injuring seven others. It was reported that Mufti Noor Wali had left the office 15 minutes prior to the attack to attend a Jirga. The injured were admitted to a private clinic, where four of them were stated to be in critical condition. The militants surrounded the area after the attack and nobody was allowed to approach the site.