MIRAMSHAH: Five people were killed after a US drone fired missiles into a house used as a hideout by militants in the Machikhel area of Mir Ali tehsil on Monday night. Five people were injured.

Local people said that two of the missiles ripped through the house adjoining a madressah, killing five people suspected to be linked with Taliban. Their bodies were charred beyond recognition and could not be identified.

The house reportedly belongs to a man named Shah Mehmood Khan, who was not there at the time of the attack.

Witnesses said that the madressah was also damaged, adding that local Taliban cordoned off the area before allowing neighbours to recover bodies and look for survivors.