Islamabad, August 05: Targeting Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, US drones destroyed his father-in-law’s house, killing him and the militant commander’s wife along with two others in a pre-dawn attack in the lawless tribal belt.
Official sources were quoted by a television news channel as saying that the militant leader’s second wife and her father, Malik Ikramuddin, were killed when the drone struck their home near Makeen, a village in a remote area of South Waziristan dominated by the Mehsud tribe.
There was no official word on the development. Pakistani authorities rarely confirm US drone attacks or provide details of casualties.
Reports said the drone fired two missiles at the sprawling compound belonging to Ikramuddin, a cleric, at 12.45 am. Several persons, including two children, were injured in the attack, TV news channels reported.
–PTI