Drone strikes kill 10

Published September 4, 2010

MIRAMSHAH, Sept 3 Four foreigners and six local tribesmen were killed when suspected US drones attacked a house and a car in North Waziristan on Friday.

Sources said that in the first attack in Machus village near Miramshah, a drone fired two missiles on the house of tribesman Gul Adam Khan.

Six people were killed and three others were injured.

In the second attack in Datakhel area near the Afghan border four missiles were fired on a car parked near a house.

The sources said that four people believed to be foreigners, were killed in the attack. Their nationalities could not be ascertained.

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