Four people killed early on Saturday in a US drone attack in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan.

Four people killed early on Saturday in a US drone attack in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan.

"A US drone fired two missiles at a house and at least four militants were killed," a senior security official told AFP.
"The identities of the militants killed in the drone strike were not immediately known," he said.

The attack took place at a house near Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan tribal district, a known hide-out of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants, officials said.

Two other officials confirmed the attack.
Residents said they were woken up by the sound of low flying aircraft and the noise of the missile strike.