Mami Rogha (N. Waziristan) School Massacre – Jun 2007
Date: 19/06/2007
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 34 Killed (34 civilians), 15 Injured (15 civilians)
What Happened?
19 June 2007: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a school and adjoining homes in the Mami Rogha area of North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan. The attack is reported to have killed 34+ people. A prominent local journalist, Rahimullah Yousafzai, was cited by the Washington Post as an eyewitness to the attack.
Yousafzai testified that the drone attacks had targeted a school and surrounding areas, contrary to Pentagon’s claim of targeting a militant training compound. There is a significant likelihood that children and school teachers were among those killed.
This is one of the least documented, high casualty count U.S. attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Sources: Washington Post, Reuters.
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