(Previous Incident Code: Ob56 )

Shortly after Ob55, as rescuers worked to pull bodies from the rubble, drones struck again. ‘Just when people gathered at the scene to retrieve the bodies and pull out the wounded, another missile struck an hour later,’ a resident told the New York Times. Up to nine rescuers, described as either villagers or militants by CNN and others, were attacked as they searched the rubble of the fort. See Ob55.

As part of its investigation into reports of deliberate targeting of rescuers by drones, the Bureau’s researchers identified five civilian rescuers they named as Khalid, Matiullah, Kashif, Zaman and Waqar, all belonging to the Utmanzai Wazir tribe.

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