NEW DELHI - AT LEAST 17 foreigners died in the militant attacks in Mumbai, according to announcements by officials in India and in the victims' home countries.
'Three of those killed were Germans, one Japanese national, one Canadian and one Australian,' India's Internal Security Secretary M. L. Kumawat said on on Friday.
Mr Kumawat said the information was based on reports from commandos who fought gunmen in two Mumbai hotels and a Jewish cultural centre.
The bodies of five Israeli hostages were also recovered later Friday from the Jewish centre after it was stormed by Indian troops, an Israeli diplomat said.
The US State Department in Washington said two US citizens, a father and daughter, were also among those killed in the attacks.
It identified them as Alan and Naomi Scherr and said they were members of the Synchronicity Foundation, a meditation community in Virginia.
In Paris, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a statement that two French nationals had died.
The Singapore foreign ministry said Lo Hwei Yen, 28, was killed after she was taken hostage in the Oberoi/Trident hotel.
The previous day a British-Cypriot businessman was named by the British government as among the dead.
Andreas Liveras, 73, was killed hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in the Taj Mahal hotel.
The overall death toll stood at least 130 on Friday evening, but was expected to rise as little information was available about the various scenes of carnage.
More foreign deaths were likely to come to light as the security operation progressed.
Among the injured were victims from China, Oman, the Philippines and several European countries, officials said.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
At least three Americans were reported injured. President George W. Bush condemned as 'despicable acts', and the State Department on Thursday urged Americans not to travel to the stricken city of Mumbai for at least 48-72 hours.
Ms Andi Varagona of Nashville, Tennessee, was confirmed as one victim. She called her mother from a hospital on Thursday and said she had been shot in the arm and leg while eating dinner at the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower hotel.
Another Tennessee woman travelling with her was also injured, but her name was not immediately available, the mother, Mrs Celeste Varagona, told the AP.
ISRAEL
Around 10 to 20 Israeli nationals, possibly more, are among the hostages being held by militants, the Israeli embassy told AFP on Thursday.
Ministry spokesman Yossi Levy said there were 'no Israeli deaths or injuries included in lists provided by hospitals' in Mumbai.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz said 'eight people in the building were unconscious'.
AUSTRALIA
A second Australian man was on Friday confirmed killed in the wave of militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai as local media reported that the total could rise to four dead.
The victim was Doug Markell, 71, a former deputy mayor of a Sydney suburb, opposition Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull said.
The other fatality was Sydney man Brett Taylor.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said there were fears that at least four Australians could be among the dead, including Mr Taylor and Mr Markell.
CHINA
Five Chinese nationals remained trapped in one of the hotels, state media reported on Friday.
The five were in the Oberoi/Trident hotel, according to a reporter from China's state television CCTV, who quoted Mr Zhang Ruhai, head of the Chinese consulate in India's financial hub.
The Chinese foreign ministry had no immediate comment when contacted by AFP.
MALAYSIA
A Malaysian woman on a business visit, 51-year-old Hema Kassipillay, is still missing and feared trapped in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Malaysia's Consul-General in Mumbai Wan Zaidi Wan Abdullah said there was no further information about the woman due to difficulty in accessing the hotel.
CANADA
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 adding that for privacy reasons the victim?s name is being withheld.
Mr Cannon said one of the two wounded Canadians suffered 'serious injuries and is in intensive care, but in stable condition'.
The other victim suffered minor injuries and has been released from hospital, he added
'I want to reassure Canadians and families affected that the Government of Canada is deploying every effort to assist Canadians in Mumbai.' -- AFP, AP, BERNAMA