Indian authorities said operations against scores of terrorists who struck soft targets in the coastal city of Mumbai, formerly Bombay, and took several hostages have all finally been killed or captured, 60 hours after their assaults began.

At least 195 people were killed in the attacks, officials said, which were limited to India's financial capital.

Eighteen foreigners were among the dead, including six Americans, reports said.

Authorities began seaching for any remaining captives hiding in their rooms of a luxury hotel still held by three terrorists as the day began.

A previously unknown Muslim group with a name suggesting origins inside India claimed responsibility for the attack, but Indian officials are pointing a finger of blame at rival neighbor Pakistan, saying the sole surviving gunman was from there.

Orange flames and black smoke engulfed the landmark 565-room Taj Mahal hotel after dawn Saturday as Indian forces ended their siege with gunfire.

Later, crowds gathered around six buses carrying commandos belongin to India's elite National Security Guard force. None of them had slept since the assaults began nearly three days ago.

The attacks were the deadliest in India since 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai killed 257 people.

Officials said the death toll was likely to rise as more bodies were brought out of the hotel.

Attention now has turned to who was behind the attacks, officials said, as residents of the city reflected on the carnage.

"There is a limit a city can take. This is a very, very different kind of fear. It will be some time before things get back to normal," Ayesha Dar, a 33-year-old homemaker, told The Associated Press.

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