ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 28 (UPI) -- At least eight people died Monday in a suspected U.S. drone airstrike in Pakistan's North Waziristan area along the Afghanistan border, officials said.
Security officials said five missiles struck a vehicle and a house in Mir Ali, about 15 miles from Miranshah, North Waziristan's main town, Pakistani news agency INP reported.
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The news outlet said it was the third such attack in North Waziristan Agency -- considered a safe haven for insurgents -- during the past four days in which at least 30 people have died and scores of others were injured.
A security official said the identities of the dead were not known, but that the area "was known for harboring Uzbek, Arab and other foreign militants."
