Germany probes 2010 drone strike death in Pakistan

[The Northerner]

BERLIN: The German federal prosecutor's office has opened a probe into the 2010 death of a German national in a drone strike in a
Pakistan tribal district bordering Afghanistan, a spokesman said on Thursday.

He confirmed a report to be published Friday by Germany's Tageszeitung newspaper on the attack in North Waziristan on a purported hideout for foreign and homegrown militants linked to the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.

In a statement the prosecutor's office said the investigation launched on July 10 "aims to find out if the use of drones which led to the death of the German citizen is in line with international law".

The man, identified only as Buenyamin E., was killed on October 4, 2010, the office said.

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[Franker65]

1. Difficult

Best of luck to them on this probe. I'm pretty sure they'll come up against a brick wall, just like every other government that investigated drone deaths.