Two persons were killed including a woman and many children were injured when a rocket landed on a house in Tehsil Baramira of Khyber tribal agency in Pakistan's northwest, the private Geo News reported Thursday.

Sources was cited as saying that a man identified as Rehmat Gul was present in his house along with his family. It was then when a rocket coming from unknown direction hit the house, killing him on the spot and his sister-in-law.

Two children were seriously injured in the tragic incident, who have been rushed to a local hospital.

(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2009)