(Previous Incident Code: Ob89 )

According to local and international media, an alleged US drone carried out a strike in Machi Khel, north Waziristan, killing up to six people – possible including civilians as indicated by one source.

Almost all agencies reported that a car was destroyed, killing four alleged militants. As Geo TV reported:

“Three missiles were fired minutes apart at a moving vehicle in the Marsi Khel area in North Waziristan, said two intelligence officials who confirmed the death toll.”

However the Express Tribune reported that a house was also hit by a missile and that six people overall had died, indicating possible civilian deaths.

Later speculation suggested that German alleged militant Eric Breininger, alias Abdul Gaffar el-Almani, may have died in the strike. However Breininger and two other Germans (Danny Reinders and Ahmet Manavbasi) reportedly died in a “gunfight” with soldiers near Mir Ali on either April 28 or April 30, according to a militant group.