MIRAMSHAH, Dec 18 Five people were killed and eight others injured when a suspected US drone fired three missiles on a funeral procession in the Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan on Friday.

According to local people, the drones started firing missiles when victims of Thursday's missile attack were being taken for burial after funeral prayers in Babrak Ziarat near Wazgai village of Dattakhel tehsil.

Nineteen people have been killed and 20 others injured in three drone attacks in the area in two days.

AFP news agency quoting a security official in Peshawar reported that the US drone fired four missiles hitting a house, a compound and some other structures. At least seven militants were killed and five were injured.

“It looks like some key Taliban or Al Qaeda figures are hiding in this area and that's why the drones are targeting this area again and again.”

An intelligence official in Miramshah confirmed the death toll and said that eight militants had been injured.“Our informers told us that these militants were gathered to attend the funeral prayers of those killed in yesterday's missile attacks,” he said.