4 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan

At least four people were killed and four others injured in a U.S. drone strike launched early Wednesday morning in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan, reported local state-run media PTV.

Pakistani soldiers patrol near a tribal police check post in the Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan (AFP/Thir Khan)

According to the local media reports, the strike took place in the wee hours on Wednesday when a U.S. unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a house suspected of being a militant hideout in the Chasma Poll area of Miranshah, a main town in North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.

The identities of the killed and injured are not immediately known.

Wednesday morning's U.S. drone strike is 13th of its kind in Pakistan in 2013. So far at least 73 people have reportedly been killed in such strikes in the country since this year.