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US drone kills women, child in NWA

August 17, 2011

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AWAR - Four persons including two women and a child were killed and two others got injured when a US spy plane targeted a house in North Waziristan Agency with two missiles on Tuesday. The drone attack was carried out in Miranshah area, which resulted, according to sources, in killing of four people. The sources said that after the attack, the drones remained hovering over the area, which created fear and anxiety among the masses and they felt hesitation to take part in rescue activities. Reportedly a child and two women are among the dead. The house targeted by drone was situated near a girls school, the sources informed. It is worth mentioning here that strike was the second of its kind during the holy month of Ramazan, as the last such attack was carried out on August 10.