A US drone fired two missiles on a suspected militant compound in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three people

A US drone fired two missiles on a suspected militant compound in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing three people, security officials said.
  
One missile hit a house in the Tappi area about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold of Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants, while the other hit a vehicle parked outside, a security official said.
  
"The missiles killed three people," the official said. Security officials in the northwestern city of Peshawar confirmed the attack and the death toll.
  
Wednesday's attack was the third by unmanned US aircraft in Miranshah this month.