Drone strike in North Waziristan kills 4

A drone fires two missiles at a vehicle killing four suspected militants.

MIRANSHAH: Four suspected militants were killed when a US drone fired two missiles in North Waziristan on Friday, security officials said.

"The missiles hit a militant vehicle and a house in Khadar Khel town", about 40 km west of the region's main town of Miranshah, a security official said.

Another official said: "Four militants were killed and the vehicle was destroyed in the attack."

It was the second drone strike in the region this week.