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4 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

02 August 2011 19:32 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least four people were killed in a U.S. drone strike launched late Tuesday night in Pakistanâ€™s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
According to the report, the strike came at about 9 p.m. when U. S. drones fired two missiles at an unconfirmed number of vehicles suspected of carrying militants in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.
Some local media reports said that the U.S. drones fired four missiles at three vehicles and one house in the Quttub Khel area, a village some 4 kilometers away from Miranshah, a main town in North Waziristan.
Tuesday nightâ€™s U.S. drone strike is the 45th of its kind ( counted on daily basis) in Pakistan since this year. To date, an estimated 412 people, most of them suspected militants, have been reportedly killed in such strikes this year.