Unknown miscreants had planted a remote controlled explosives device by roadside in Akkakhel, tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency which exploded at the time when militants of banned Lashkar-e-Islam were on patro,l killing five insurgents including a militant commander of Lashkar-e-Islam, identified as Syed Rehman on the spot.
The bomb blast was outcome of enmity between rival militants groups in the troubled agency.
The security forces put the security cordon in the area and launched search operation but no arrest has been made.
