A suspected US drone attack on a stronghold of a Pakistani Taliban leader has killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more in northwest Pakistan, Al Jazeera has learned.
The missile reportedly hit a funeral prayer on Tuesday in the South Waziristan tribal region, a stronghold of Baitullah Mehsud.
Al Jazeera's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said most of those killed were believed to have been attending the funeral for the victims of another drone attack earlier in the day.
"No responsibility has so far been claimed by the Pakistani military or the Americans," he said.
"Casualties according to witnesses were indeed very high, with some suggesting as [many] as 80 killed and several dozen wounded.
"Such attacks are likely to cause considerable anger in the area," our correspondent said.
The US considers Pakistan's tribal region, of which South Waziristan is a part, a hideout from where al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters attack US forces in Afghanistan.
Source: Al Jazeera
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