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MUMBAI, India -- Eight bombs hit Mumbai's commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, killing at least 147 people and wounding more than 400 in what authorities called a well-co-ordinated terrorist attack.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility in the bombings, which came in quick succession, a common tactic employed by Kashmiri militants. The blasts came hours after a series of grenade attacks by Islamic extremists killed eight people in the main city of India's part of Kashmir.

India's major cities were put on high alert. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh convened an emergency cabinet meeting and said that "terrorists'' were behind the attacks, which he called "shocking and cowardly attempts to spread a feeling of fear and terror among our citizens.''

Pakistan, India's rival over the disputed territory of Kashmir, quickly condemned the bombings.

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