SRINAGAR, India, July 24 (Reuters) - A child and a woman were killed and more than a dozen civilians wounded on Thursday when suspected Muslim separatist militants lobbed a grenade at a crowded bus terminal in Indian Kashmir's main city, police said.

The attack took place in Batamaloo bus terminal in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

"It exploded with a powerful sound," Mohammad Rajab, a witness said. "We left our shops and ran for cover.

Rebel violence has flared up across the Himalayan region over the last week. More than a dozen people, including ten soldiers, have been killed and scores wounded in explosions and shootouts.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Kashmir since a revolt against Indian rule broke out in 1989. (Reporting by Sheikh Mushtaq; Editing by Alistair Scrutton) (For the latest Reuters news on Nepal see http://in.reuters.com, for blogs see http://blogs.reuters.com/in/)

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