Report: U.S. Missiles Hit Militant Funeral

Witnesses and officials say suspected U.S. missiles have hit the funeral of purported Pakistan militants killed earlier in a similar strike.

Sohail Mehsud from the town of Makeen in the South Waziristan tribal region said he saw three unmanned drones fire missiles on Tuesday afternoon at the funeral procession for suspected militants killed by a similar strike earlier in the day.

Two people were killed and three wounded.

Two intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media, confirmed the strike.

U.S. officials concede missiles fired from drones have targeted suspected militant leaders in the tribal zone for months, but they do not comment on individual strikes.

A Taliban faction leader who criticized the militant group's Pakistani head over attacks that killed civilians was fatally shot Tuesday, reportedly by one of his own guards.

The attack on Qari Zainuddin appeared to be a sign that divisions within the Taliban have broken into the open as they come under military assault. The army is clearing out militants from the Swat Valley and has been pounding strongholds of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in the South Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan in apparent preparation for a major offensive.