Breaking News Reported on different Electronic Media that Chief of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud has been reportedly killed in a drone attack in North Waziristan, unconfirmed media reports said on Thursday.
The assault took place in Garyom village in a remote area of North Waziristan. The drone fired two missiles at the house of tribesman Muhammad Yaqoob. The attack has left at least ten people dead, amongst them are three militant commanders, the official said.
“It is immaterial to say how many have been killed in the attack. The important thing for us is whether Hakeemullah is amongst those killed”, the official said, requesting he not be named.
He said that the TTP chief was the target of the drone attack. “He has probably been killed.”
The Taliban have denied the TTP chief has been killed. TTP spokesman, Azam Tariq said that he and Hakeemullah both were alive and safe. “We were in Shaktoi but not at the compound which has been struck”, he told a reporter in the region in a satellite phone call.
The official said that the missile struck the compound of Fazal Mehsud alias Uqabi in Shaktoi in the Sararogha sub-district of South Waziristan. The area borders North Waziristan.
The 28-year-old Hakeemullah had succeeded Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed a drone attack on the night of August 5 last.The United States had vowed to hunt down those responsible for the deadly attack on the CIA post and Pakistani intelligence officials say the Thursday’s attack to eliminate Hakeemullah appeared to be CIA’s revenge for the Khost bombing.
Senior journalist Rahimullah Yousufzai while talking to Geo News said reports from some sources said Hakimullah Mehsud was present in the area at the time of attack and there are conflicting reports about his killing. The Taliban sources have denied the reports.
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