MIRAMSHAH: Four suspected militants were killed and three others injured on Tuesday when a drone fired two missiles on a vehicle in Qutabkhel area of North Waziristan, about seven kilometres from here.

Sources said the missiles also damaged a house.

AFP adds: “Two missiles were fired from a US drone targeting a militant vehicle. So far, four militants were killed,” a security official said.

Another security official in the area confirmed the attack and the toll.

In a strike on Monday, two drone missiles killed at least four militants in South Waziristan.