(Previous Incident Code: Ob323 )

Up to four people were alleged to be killed but it is unclear whether they were miliants or civilians. Various sources, including News Pakistan and AFP, mentioned that a house was struck and between three and four “people” were killed, never specifying whether they were militants or civilians. In separate reports about the same incident, the strikes were alleged to have hit a vehicle carrying four foreign fighters, all of whom were killed. According to the New York Times, the missiles struck a building and a nearby parked vehicle, killing four militants.

Between three and four alleged militants were killed in an attack on either a vehicle near a seminary and/or a house in the Mir Ali area. One person was reported critically injured and taken to Mir Ali hospital. The strike, which took place at around 12.30pm, ‘destroyed the vehicle and severely damaged the walls of the seminary’, multiple sources told Dawn. One source reported a drone hit a house and a motorcycle. An unnamed official added that the dead were all from Turkmenistan. They were believed to belong to the Islamic Movement of Turkmenistan, affiliated to local commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The New York Times reported the building had once been a religious school run by Bahadur. Geo TV reported that two missiles were instead fired at a home, ‘after which the house caught fire’. The Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again complained about the strike in a statement, blaming the US, but the US did not confirm the strike. The Long War Journal reported a militant group Ansarul Mujahideen killed nine Pakistani soldiers in revenge for this drone attack.