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'US missile' fired into Pakistan 'US missile' hits Pakistani house
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A suspected unmanned US aircraft (drone) has fired a missile at a target in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, close to Afghanistan. A missile from a suspected US unmanned aircraft (drone) has killed at least three people in a Pakistani tribal area close to Afghanistan, reports say.
A Reuters news agency source saw the blast from a distance. Unnamed Pakistani security sources said the missile had hit the village of Tappi. Unnamed Pakistani security sources say it hit a house in the village of Tappi, North Waziristan. A Reuters news agency source saw the blast from a distance.
There is no US confirmation. It is not clear if there were casualties. There was no immediate US confirmation of the attack.
Cross-border attacks by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan. Cross-border raids by US forces targeting Islamic militants have strained relations with Pakistan.
An unnamed journalist who spoke to Reuters said he had heard a "huge blast" from a rooftop 20km away, in the region's main town, Miranshah, just after 2200 (1600 GMT). An unnamed Pakistani intelligence official told Reuters that the missile had killed four people when it hit the house of a tribesman sympathetic to militants, who was "entertaining guests" at the time.
"The drone is still flying in the area," the journalist said. Pakistani security sources quoted by AFP news agency said three people had been killed, without identifying them.
"It fired a missile and I saw the flame coming out of it."