Intelligence officials: Suspected US missile strike kills 5 militants in NW Pakistan

Official: US missile kills 5 militants in Pakistan

MIR ALI, Pakistan — Intelligence officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed five alleged militants in northwestern Pakistan.

The officials say Sunday’s strike targeted a house belonging to a local militant in the town of Datta Khel in the North Waziristan tribal area. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.

There have been at least 14 suspected U.S. missile strikes this month, the most intense barrage since they began in 2004.