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May 9, 2009, 8:13 GMT

Suspected US drone attack in north-west Pakistan kills five

Islamabad - A suspected US missile strike near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan Saturday killed at least five people, an intelligence official said. Missiles believed to have been fired from US-operated pilotless aircraft targeted an abandoned government school in the Sararogha area of the South Waziristan tribal district. The building was allegedly being used by local Taliban militants as a training facility. 'According to preliminary figures, five people have been killed and around a dozen more injured,' the official said on condition of anonymity. The official said identities of the dead could not be confirmed immediately. South Waziristan is considered a sanctuary of al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, and is also home to top Pakistani militant commander Baitullah Mehsud. Mehsud has been blamed for a series of attacks throughout the country, including the December 2007 gun-and-bomb attack in the garrison town of Rawalpindi which killed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

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