A suspected US. drone fired missiles in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15 people, local TV channel reported.
The attack targeted a funeral of the victim in an earlier attack in South Waziristan tribal agency which has seen a spate of US drone attacks.
The drone fired three missiles and eight others were also injured in the attack, according to TV reports.
It is the second US drone attack in South Waziristan in one day. Six people were killed and several others hurt in a missile attack Tuesday morning.
On June 18, a US. drone killed at least 11 people when the missiles hit a center of militant commander Malang, a close associate of Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir.
(Xinhua News Agency June 24, 2009)
