MUMBAI: Two suspected terrorists were killed and two were arrested hours after terror attacks in Mumbai that left at least 17 dead and over 50 injured, police and eyewitnesses said.

Two terrorists were killed in a shootout near Chowpati beach, according to the witnesses.

Two terrorists were arrested in Tardeo, the police said.

Suspected terrorists struck in at least seven places, including a busy railway teminus and two five-star hotels, in this commercial capital of India on Wednesday night.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Hasan Ghafoor said the attacks were suspected to be "coordinated terrorist acts", and added that automatic weapons like AK-47 and AK-56, semi-automatic rifles an grenades were apparently used. Most of the injured were policemen.