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7 killed as missile hits seminary in Pakistan's tribal region

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, July 28, IRNA
Pakistan-Missile Strike
A missile apparently fired at a religious seminary in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region early Monday killed seven people, a local Taliban leader said.

The pre-dawn attack was carried out at a 'madrassa' at the border region of Azam Warsak at 3 a.m., Maulavi Nazeer said.

The missile attack also injured three others, he said.

Locals said that the missiles struck seminary belong to a local cleric Maulana Jalail, who is considered to be linked with Taliban.

Locals believe that the missiles were fired from Afghanistan to hit a house in the Pakistani area near the border with Afghanistan.

The army spokesman confirmed the incident but did not say if it was missile strike or a bomb blast.

He said the coalition forces exchange intelligence with Pakistani forces before their actions.

Such missile strikes in the Pakistani regions have also happened in the past, which caused casualties including of Pakistani soldiers.

Eight Pakistani soldiers were injured at a check post when the coalition forces in Afghanistan fired missiles at Pakistani area this month.

Eleven Pakistani soldiers and seven civilians were killed when US forces hit a check post along the border in Mohmand agency on June 11.

Local Taliban condemned the missile strike and said missiles were fired by the US spy planes.

Leader of his own faction of Taliban, Maulvi Nazeer in a statement confirmed seven people were killed in the attack.

He said the attack was carried out at a seminar in a small village "Zara Lita', which killed a seminary teacher and six young religious students.

There are unconfirmed reports that few foreigners were also among those killed in the missile strike.

"The United States is facing defeat in Afghanistan and is now bombing innocent people," Maulvi Nazeer said in the statement.

He said that continued flights of spy planes in the Waziristan tribal areas have subjected the people to mental agony.

The Taliban leader said that such attack would not reduce the number of 'Mujahideen' but will increase them.

"Taliban will get inspiration as oppression of Americans increases," Maulvi Nazeer said.

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