Reports of a suspected drone strike in Zangara, South Waziristan emerged late on Wednesday night. Official sources confirmed an incident but stopped short of a confirmation, a private TV channel reported.
The reports, based on local sources, said that the incident took place in a marketplace around 6pm. Reports also said two injured children were brought to Sararogha Hospital 30km away, where they succumbed to their wounds.
The administration said that investigations into the incident were continuing but nothing could be clearly said about the nature of the attack.
If confirmed as a drone attack, it would be the first in Pakistan since 2018.
Locals said that the attack was indeed a drone attack and the unmanned aircraft could be heard buzzing in the area.
The sound is well known to people in the area who lived through over a decade of regular drone strikes in the region. Locals call drones ‘bungunga’ after their distinctive bung bung sound. People who lived through the years of terror say that the sound would leave them sleepless.
