(KUNA) -- A militant was killed and at least five others were wounded on Friday in an explosion that ripped through a hotel in a northern Pakistani district, said police.The nature of the explosion was not immediately clear. Police sources told KUNA that an explosion took place in a room of a small hotel in Mansehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa province.
"It could be that a suspected militant was trying to make some explosive material and it went off accidentally or it could be a bomb explosion", said sources. They said that it would be premature to confirm any thing.
Sources said that the explosion killed the room guest on the spot and wounded at least five others. It also caused damage to the hotel building. Police cordoned off the site and was conducting investigations.