Six people were injured, two seriously, in a grenade attack by militants in Kishtwar town in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Sunday evening, officials said.

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Militants threw the grenade at a security picket near the bus stand at around 1830 hours but it missed the target and exploded on the road wounding six.

Security forces cordoned off the entire area to track down the militants responsible for the attack.