(Previous Incident Code: Ob250 )

An attack on a vehicle near Datta Khel in North Wazirtistan killed up to six people and injured two, one critically. A nearby house was also reported to have been partially destroyed in the strike, which occurred just before noon. Although initial reports claimed the men were alleged militants, local media soon challenged this. The Nation cited local people as saying the dead were ‘peaceful tribesmen‘ and not militants. And The News reported that four of the dead were miners from a local chromite mine in the area. It identified one of those killed as Saeedur Rahman, a dealer in chromites. The attack was the first since August 22 in which civilians reportedly died.

In March 2012 the New York Times identified three further civilians killed in the attack as chromite workers Khastar Gul, Mamrud Khan and Noorzal Khan. Noor Magul, a 64-year old farmer from Waziristan and relative of the three, told the paper:

I have revenge in my heart. I just want to grab a drone by the tail and smash it into the ground.
Tariq Aziz at Jirga/ Neil Williams/Reprieve