Three children and two women were killed when missiles fired by a suspected unmanned US aircraft hit a Pakistani tribal village Friday in the third such attack in as many days, officials said. The strike hit two houses belonging to tribesmen in North Waziristan's Goorweck Baipali village, 30 kilometres (18 miles) west of the main town of Miranshah, and located right on the border with Afghanistan, they said. "Three children and two women have been killed in the missile strike, which destroyed two village homes," an official said, adding that one woman was injured. "We suspect that the missiles were fired by forces across the border," the official added. Residents said two pilotless aircraft fired three missiles. The latest strike follows Pakistani accusations that US-led forces based in Afghanistan killed 15 people in a border village on Wednesday in neighbouring South Waziristan district.
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