US drone strike in Pakistan kills 7

June 07, 2013 23:39

A US drone targeted a compound in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan today, killing seven persons just two days after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for an end to the drone campaign.

The drone fired two missiles at a compound in a village of Shawal sub-division of North Waziristan Agency late tonight. The compound was destroyed in the attack, security officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels.

A "high value target" was among those killed in the attack, a report on the website of the Dawn newspaper quoted intelligence sources as saying.

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