MIRAMSHAH, Sept 12: Militants have killed three people accused of being spies for the United States in tribal region bordering Afghanistan, local officials said on Monday. The attackers slit their throats and left a note in the local Pashtu language saying “anyone working as an American spy will meet the same fate,” the official said.

Their bodies were found on Monday in a drain in the town of Tappi, 16 Kilometres east of Miramshah.

Insurgents in the rugged tribal areas have issued a hit-list of 28 local elders whom they called “government spies.”

In July, a Pakistani intelligence official was shot dead in nearby Mir Ali town, while another two tribesmen were killed in the same area in May for allegedly spying for the US.—AFP