PESHAWAR: A suspected US missile strike has killed nine people in a tribal region near the Afghan border.

It was the second missile strike in roughly 24 hours. The first killed seven alleged militants.

Official sources said four missiles hit a house late Monday in Spalga village in the North Waziristan tribal region.

They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media on the record.

The strike were the first since the arrest of Raymond Davis who shot two Pakistanis in late January.