Geo436 BERLIN: Germany said Tuesday it had no information on five Germans who according to Pakistani security sources were killed in a US drone attack in the country”s lawless tribal belt.
“Currently we have no information but we are investigating,” a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry in Berlin said.
The missile attack took late on Monday in the North Waziristan tribal district bordering Afghanistan.
“Five German rebels of Turkish origin and three locals were killed in the strike,” a Pakistani security official said.
The strike came hours after Japan and Sweden joined Washington and London in issuing an alert warning of the “possible terrorist attack” by Al-Qaeda and affiliated groups against their citizens travelling in Europe.
This followed reports in British and US media said that an Al-Qaeda plot to carry out attacks in Britain, France and Germany, similar to the siege in Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people, had been uncovered.
The source of the threat information was a German citizen of Afghan descent captured on his way to Europe and now being held in Afghanistan, the reports said.
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