Update
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/
Bombardment over foreigners’ gathering in South Waziristan kills 50
(Updated at 1230 PST)
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Pak Air Force bombarded in various areas of South Waziristan. PAF fighters also bombarded in the village of Khonkhela in Mahsood tribe territory of Sararogha in South Wazirsitan, correspondent of Geo reported on Thursday.
Surveillance planes had flicked through the area before the bombardment where a gathering of foreigners was being held that was also attended by the local people, eyewitnesses said. A guided missile was fired over the gathering from somewhere place resulting in large death toll, they further said.
Pak Air Force also bombarded the area killing several people. About 50 people including local and foreign nationals were killed in the attack, local sources said, though the official sources had not confirmed the killings immediately.
This was the first operation by the security forces against terrorist in the Mahsood tribal territory within two years.
Could they be afraid of the Russian promise to destroy terror bases anywhere in the world?