MUMBAI - At least four foreign nationals, from Britain, Japan, Italy and Australia, have been confirmed killed and many others wounded in coordinated militant attacks in Mumbai, the Press Trust of India said Thursday.

Japanese businessman killed in Mumbai attacks

TOKYO, Nov 27, 2008 (AFP) - A Japanese businessman was killed in attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai while up to 10 Japanese nationals were trapped in the luxury hotels targeted by Islamist militants, officials said Thursday.

Hisashi Tsuda, 38, was one of about 100 people who died in a series of attacks in the Indian financial capital late Wednesday, his employer Tokyo-based Mitsui Marubeni Liquefied Gas Co said.

"It is unbearably regrettable that an employee with a promising future passed away," president Masakazu Sato told a news conference.

Tsuda was shot in the leg, stomach and chest by gunmen as he was checking into the luxury Oberoi Trident hotel and died from his wounds in a hospital, the company's vice president, Hajime Tamaki said.

Another employee, 44, fell and suffered light injuries as he fled the scene, he added.

A total of 10 Japanese citizens staying at the Trident and the Taj Mahal hotels were unable to escape, government spokesman Takeo Kawamura told reporters.

But the ten "are not in a hostage situation," the chief cabinet secretary said.

Italian man killed in Mumbai attacks

ROME, Nov 27, 2008 (AFP) - An Italian national was among around 100 people killed in the attacks on hotels and other targets in the Indian financial capital Mumbai, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

"...our diplomatic and consular authorities have been able to confirm the death of a compatriot in the attacks in Mumbai," said a ministry statement, adding that the victim had been named as Antonio de Lorenzo.

German killed in Mumbai attacks

BERLIN, Nov 27, 2008 (AFP) - One German national has been confirmed killed and several injured in the coordinated attacks against luxury hotels and other targets in the Indian city of Mumbai, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.

"We have to assume that other Germans have been affected," a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry said in Berlin.

While the ministry did not name the victim, a spokesman for a Munich-based firm called CAMP TV said that the victim was its co-owner Ralph Burkei.

The Munich newspaper Abendzeitung reported that 51-year-old Burkei had fallen from the Taj Mahal hotel while trying to escape after it was raided by militant Islamist gunmen and had died on the way to hospital.

After falling Burkei phoned a friend and said: "I have broken all my bones.

If no one helps me I am not going to make it," the newspaper said in its online edition.

>> Second Australian confirmed dead

One Canadian killed, two injured
OTTAWA, Nov 28, 2008 (AFP) - A Canadian was killed and two others were injured in the attacks in Mumbai that have claimed at least 130 lives, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said Friday.

"We are now able to confirm the tragic death of one Canadian in these attacks," he said in a brief statement.

"Concerning the injured Canadians, one of the two injured who only suffered minor injuries has been released from the hospital. The other Canadian has suffered more serious injuries and is in intensive care, but in stable condition."