BANNU, Dec 25: One person was killed and eight others were injured when a bomb ripped through a shop in the Mandan Gate bazaar here on Saturday.

The explosion, which occured at around 12.30pm, killed the shop owner, Haroon, on the spot.

DSP Sikandar Khan, while speaking to journalists at a news briefing, said the blast was so powerful that the victim's body was found about 100 feet away from the shop where the blast took place.

He said the victim had links with the banned organization, Jaish-i-Muhammad.

The DSP said that a special team had been constituted to investigate the incident.

The injured, who were either passers-by or vendors, were taken to the DHQ hospital. The condition of three of them was stated to be critical.

A large number of people gathered at the site soon after the explosion and started rescue work.