From correspondents in Jammu and Kashmir, India, 02:31 AM IST

Six people, including a tourist, were injured when separatist militants lobbed a grenade in Gulmarg town of north Kashmir Sunday afternoon, officials said.

The militants lobbed the grenade at the telephone exchange where a paramilitary guard was posted. The grenade missed the target and exploded in the foreground, injuring five residents of the town and a tourist, the officials said.

The injured were rushed to hospital.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)