Mantoi (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jul 2009
Date: 03/07/2009
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 5 Killed
What Happened?
03 July 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted an allegedly ‘closed’ school in the Mantoi area of South Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that the school / madrassa was being used as a training facility by the militia of Baitullah Mehsud.
A report by the Agence France-Presse stated that five people were killed in this attack. It was never investigated if whether those killed were civilians or militants, making this one of the least documented U.S. drone attacks in South Waziristan.
Sources: AFP
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