Old Colony Bazar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Aug 2011
Date: 16/08/2011
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 4 Killed (1 children, 3 civilians)
What Happened?
16 August 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and car in the Old Colony Bazar of Miranshah. This attack reportedly occurred at around 0345 hours. Media reports indicate that the car was the intended targeted, but a missile misfired into a nearby house.
Later investigations by a local media house and Deutsche Presse-Agentur found that three women and one child were killed in this attack, possibly from the destroyed house. No other casualty from this attack is yet known.
This attack happened during Ramadan.
Sources: The Nation, Wall Street Journal, BBC
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