New Delhi -- Indian forces continued their battle with terrorists in luxury hotels in the financial hub Mumbai where scores remained trapped on Thursday, nearly 24 hours after the gunmen fanned out to high-profile locations and indulged in shooting sprees that left 119 dead and more than 315 injured.

Among the terrorists' targets were two five-star hotels, the Taj and the Trident, Mumbai's busiest railway station, two hospitals, police headquarters of south Mumbai, a Jewish center and a restaurant popular with foreigners.

A Maharashtra police official said the death toll in the attacks had climbed to 119. A total of 315 people including 22 foreigners were wounded.

"There are eight foreigners among the dead but they have not yet been identified," the official said over phone from Mumbai.

The Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome confirmed that an Italian national was among those killed, while a German company said one of its employees was among the victims.

A German television executive was among the people who lost their lives during the atack, his company in Munich said Thursday.

Ralph Burkei, 51, from the city of Munich suffered fatal injuries in a fall as he climbed down the facade of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel during the night after it came under attack, a Munich newspaper, the Abendzeitung, said.

He was director of programming at C.A.M.P. TV, a private company based in Munich which produces daily news slots and travel features for commercial networks.

Ralph Piller, chief executive of C.A.M.P., said, "He landed on an awning. He was still lying there when he phoned a friend in Munich and said, 'I've broken every bone in my body. If no one helps me now, I'm finished.'"

Burkei died on his way to hospital, said the newspaper. A preliminary casualty toll by Germany's Foreign Ministry indicated he was the only German killed in the attack, but others were wounded.

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