Mumbai, Nov. 27 : Coast Guard officials have reportedly found a ship that is said to have been used to ferry terrorists into Mumbai ahead of Wednesday''s serial attacks that claimed over 100 lives and injured over 280.

Coast Guard officials said that the ship -- M V Alpha -- was found 112 kilometers from Mumbai. They said that the ship is being searched, and added that two aircraft, choppers are being used to scour the area near the ship.

The ship is said to have carried the terrorists from Gujarat to Mumbai.

Washington, Nov. 27: A terror expert who contributes analytical pieces to Fox News believes that Wednesday’s planned and synchronized terror strikes in India’s financial capital Mumbai, had the hallmarks of banned militant groups like the Lashkar e Toiba or the SIMI.

“These groups are jihadists, have links to the other organizations in Kashmir but also inside Pakistan with pro-Taliban elements and eventually Al Qaeda. The ideological identification is most likely jihadist although the group almost surely will issue a release to claim the attack,” Fox News quotes the expert, as saying.

Mumbai, Nov 27 : As many as five explosions were heard from inside Mumbai''s Oberoi Trident hotel, within five minutes of the Army taking charge of the site, sources said.

Fresh explosions were also heard inside the Taj hotel.

Maharashtra Director-General of Police A. N. Roy on Thursday said that all hostages held inside the Taj hotel by terrorists here had been rescued.

New Delhi, Nov.

London, Nov. 27 : Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

In a statement, Hussain expressed his grief and sorrow on brutal killings of dozens of innocent people, including the police personnel.

Hussain said that terrorist attacks on different places in Mumbai including hotels and the railway station; the way innocent civilians and police personnel were fired upon and many locals and foreigners have been made hostage is highly deplorable.

Mumbai, Nov. 27 : The Indian Navy has intercepted and boarded MV Alpha, a Vietnamese registered ship, which is suspected to have dropped the terrorists off the coast of Mumbai.

The crew of the ship is being questioned.

"The Coast Guard and Navy chased the MV Alpha. They are being assisted by Dornier aircraft and surface ships. The navy has enhanced patrolling from the Mumbai coast up to Gujarat," said Captain Nambiar, the defence Public Relations Officer.

The Navy''s Leander class frigate ''Vindhyagiri'' and naval helicopters from the INS Kunjali were involved in pursuit of the merchant vessel.