A Singaporean is among those taken hostage during coordinated attacks across India's commercial capital of Mumbai, the foreign ministry said Thursday. "The terrorists are holding several people of different nationalities as hostages. One Singaporean has been held hostage," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. "We are in close touch with the family of the Singaporean and are working with the Indian authorities to secure the release of the Singaporean and other hostages." The Singaporean's identity was being withheld at the request of the family, an official from the ministry said at a news conference. "As far as we understand, the Singaporean has not been harmed," said Jai S. Sohan, consular director with the ministry. "My understanding is that the Singaporean is being held hostage at the Oberoi (hotel)," he said. He said the ministry was arranging for the family of the hostage to fly to Mumbai and that the city-state has offered assistance to the Indian government. Details of the dead victims were also being released. The Press Trust of India, reported that a 49-year-old Australian was killed and other Australians wounded. It also said a Japanese businessman died as was checking into the Oberoi Trident Hotel. He was identified as oil industry worker Hisashi Tsuda, 38. "It was unbearably regrettable that an employee with a promising future passed away," Mitsui Marubeni Liquefied Gas Co. president Masakazu Sato told a news conference. Tsuda died at a hospital after being shot in the leg, stomach and chest at the Oberoi Trident hotel, vice president Hajime Tamaki said. Another employee, 44, fell and suffered light injuries as he fled the scene. Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso condemned the attacks. "This kind of terror attack is unforgivable, extremely mean and malicious," he said in a statement. "We strongly condemn it." NDTV reported that at least nine foreigners were among the dead and wounded foreigners included people from Australia, the United States, Spain, Norway, Canada and Singapore. Up to 100 people were killed in the attacks late Wednesday when gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades hit the Oberoi Trident and the Taj Mahal, capturing an unknown number of foreign guests. A group calling itself the "Deccan Mujahedeen" claimed responsibility for the late night assaults on hotels, as well as the main train station, a hospital and an up-market restaurant.