(Previous Incident Code: Ob67 )

According to local and international media, up to nine people were killed by an alleged US missile in Mohammad Khel, north Waziristan, while travelling in two vehicles to help with rescue work at the sites of previous attacks. However, initial claims were confused about whether those who died were militants or civilians.

According to the New York Times: “A third drone strike, in the area of Khar Qamar, then hit two vehicles on their way to the scene of the previous attacks, a security official and residents said. At least six militants were killed, they said.”

However, the Wall Street Journal raised doubts about those killed, noting: “Two people who live in the village said vehicles were also destroyed, although they differed on whether the cars belonged to the militants or area residents.”

As part of its investigation into the targeting of rescuers by the CIA, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s researchers in Waziristan named five civilians they said had been killed, all belonging to the Dawar tribe, and all listed below. Moreover, the researchers said that four Taliban died in the attack.