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MUMBAI — Three bombs rocked crowded districts of Mumbai during rush hour on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people in the biggest militant attack on India’s financial capital since 2008 assaults blamed on Pakistan-based militants.

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India has remained jittery about the threat of militant strikes, especially since the November 2008 attacks which killed 166 people and raised tensions with nuclear-armed arch rival Pakistan.

At least 100 people were wounded on Wednesday and preliminary reports showed the death toll had risen to 20 in the “terror attacks” centred mainly on Mumbai’s jewellery trading centres, Umesh Sarangi, a senior government official, told Reuters

“This is another attack on the heart of India, heart of Mumbai. We will fully meet challenge, we are much better prepared than 26/11,” Prithviraj Chavan, the state’s chief minister, told NDTV broadcaster, referring to the 2008 attacks.