Islamabad, Aug 11 (DPA) A suspected US missile strike Tuesday in a troubled Pakistani tribal district near the Afghan border killed at least 12 militants Tuesday, intelligence officials said.

Two missiles fired from a drone struck a training camp in South Waziristan's Kani Guram village near the Ladha area, where top Pakistani Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud was reportedly killed in a similar assault last week.

The training facility was being run by a local militant leader identified as Zangi Khan Burki, an intelligence official said on the condition of anonymity.

'Twelve militants were confirmed killed while six others were wounded,' the official said, adding that the toll could be higher as a large number of Mehsud's supporters were present in the complex when it was hit.

The attack came amid claims and counterclaims about Mehsud's death in a drone strike Wednesday that targeted the house of the warlord's father-in-law in Zangara village.