The names of victims have started to emerge. Top
left to right: Nohemi Gonzalez, Marie Mosser, Djamila Houd. Middle left
to right: Juan Alberto Gonzalez, Guillaume Decherf, Nick Alexander.
Bottom left to right: Mathieu Hoche, Thomas Ayed, Valentin Ribet
Information
about the 129 Paris terror victims has been emerging over the last two
days, with France saying more than 103 bodies have now been identified.
More than 20 foreigners from a number of countries were killed.
Desperate for any news, relatives and friends of the missing have turned to Twitter to search for their loved ones.
The
hashtags #rechercheParis (searching Paris) and #rechercheBataclan were
used widely over the weekend to circulate the names and photos of the
missing.
Most of the victims of the attacks - that targeted six sites, including the Bataclan concert hall - were French nationals.
Names of the dead are being shared on social media and by French regional news organisations. They include:
Djamila Houd
- Djamila Houd, 41, originally from Dreux, west of Paris. "All the mothers of families share Djamila's mother's pain," the local newspaper said (in French)
Thomas Ayed
- Thomas
Ayed, 34, from Amiens - he worked for Mercury Records, a division of
Universal Music France, and was at the Bataclan with two colleagues. The
amateur hockey club he played for said on its Facebook page it would hold a minute's silence for him on Sunday
Marie Mosser
- Universal Music France president Pascal Negre named the other two employees killed as Marie and Manu on Twitter,
but did not provide their surnames. The name Marie is reported to refer
to Marie Mosser, a communications and digital marketing worker,
according to her Twitter profile
- A man nicknamed "Dado", 44, from
Ceyrat in the central Auvergne region. The man, who worked for the tax
office and was unmarried, was at the Bataclan, France 3 reported
Asta Diakite was "for me a guide, a support, a big sister", footballer Lassana Diarra said
- French footballer Lassana Diarra revealed on Twitter
that he had lost his cousin, Asta Diakite, in one of the shootings. He
said she was like a "big sister" to him. Diarra was playing in the
football match against Germany at the Stade de France on Friday night,
the scene of one of the attacks
- Hugo Sarrade, 23, was killed at the
Bataclan. He was studying at a university in Montpellier and was in
Paris to spend the weekend with his father. "Hugo played the guitar and
loved rock music. He was loving and full of kindness, and so open to
other cultures and ways of life," his father Stephane said
- Cedric Mauduit, a local council official from Calvados in Normandy - he was at the Bataclan with five friends
-
- Mathieu Hoche
- Mathieu
Hoche, a journalist for the France 24 TV news channel, died at the
Bataclan. He was young and had a six-year-old son, a colleague tweeted
Quentin Boulanger
- Quentin Boulanger, 29, originally from Rheims but had lived in Paris for several years - he was at the Bataclan Guillaume B Decherf
- Guillaume B Decherf, a journalist with
Les Inrocks magazine, was at the Bataclan. The father of two had
written about the Eagles of Death Metal's latest album, Les Inrocks said
- Marie Lausch, 23, and her boyfriend
Mathias Dymarski, 22, who died at the Bataclan. Their friends held a
vigil in the eastern city of Metz after hearing the news
Lola Salines
- Lola Salines was at the Bataclan. Her father confirmed her death on Twitter, after using the platform to try and find her
Elodie Breuil
- Elodie Breuil, 23, was at the Bataclan concert with friends, Time magazine reports
Aurelie de Peretti
- Aurelie de Peretti, 33, from Saint Tropez was at the Bataclan, reports Time magazine. "I just cannot believe that I just lost a part of myself," her sister Delphine told Time magazine
Valentin Ribet, a French lawyer who had studied in London, was one of the first victims confirmed dead
- The London School of Economics (LSE) said
one of its graduates had been killed. Valentin Ribet, who graduated
from the master's in law programme in 2014, had been working in Paris. His profile on LinkedIn said he was an associate in criminal law and white-collar crime, at the law firm Hogan Lovells.
- Pierre Innocenti and Stephane
Albertini were killed at the Bataclan. They were the third generation of
their family to run the famous Chez Livio restaurant in
Neuilly-sur-Seine. "They always had a smile for everyone," one customer
said. "They were so kind and really well-known around here. I feel
grief." A relative called their death "a nightmare", adding: "It's had
an enormous impact on our family. There are no words."
Foreign nationals
Nick Alexander was
killed at the Bataclan,
the British Foreign Office and his family have confirmed. He is
believed to have been selling merchandise at the Eagles of Death Metal
concert.
Nick Alexander's death left his girlfriend Polina Buckley devastated
In a statement, his family said: "Nick was not just
our brother, son and uncle, he was everyone's best friend - generous,
funny and fiercely loyal.
"Nick died doing the job he loved and
we take great comfort in knowing how much he was cherished by his
friends around the world."
A flag on the town hall of his home town, Colchester, is being flown at half-mast out of respect.
A portrait of Nohemi Gonzalez at a memorial service for her in Long Beach, California
Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old US student from El Monte, California was killed in the attacks,
her university said in a statement.
She was studying at the Strate College of Design in Paris. The
president of California State University at Long Beach, Jane Close
Conoley, said the university's "thoughts and prayers are with her family
and friends during this sad time". She had dual American and Mexican
citizenship.
Another Mexican citizen, Michelle Gil Jaimes, was
among the dead. She also held Spanish citizenship. The governor of Vera
Cruz state has tweeted his condolences to her family.
The US
embassy in France has provided a number for those in the US and Canada
to call if they are still missing relatives: +1-888-407-4747.
At
least three Belgians - including a dual French national - were killed,
according to the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Press reports said they
included Elif Dogan, 26, and Milko Jozic, 47. The third victim is
reported to be 28 years old.
There is a phone number for Belgians to call if they are worried about their relatives: +32 477 40 32 12.
Two Romanians were killed,
BFM TV reported
in a victim list, citing the country's foreign ministry. Officials only
provided the victims' first names: Ciprian, 32, and Lacramioara, 29.
They were reportedly celebrating a birthday party at the Belle Equipe
bistro and had an 18-month-old child.
One Swedish national was killed and others injured, Sweden's foreign minister
told Swedish television (in Swedish).
The
German foreign ministry has confirmed that at least one German citizen
was killed. The German press later reported that the victim was a
28-year-old man from Munich who had lived in Paris since 2011.
Valeria Solesin was a "wonderful person", her mother said
The family of Valeria Solesin, 28, from Venice in
Italy, said she was killed outside the Bataclan concert hall. The
doctoral student went to the concert with her boyfriend, but they
reportedly lost track of each other as they tried to escape the
shootings. Her mother, Luciana Milani, said Valeria was a "wonderful
person".
Alberto Gonzalez Garrido
A Spanish national, Alberto Gonzalez Garrido, 29, was killed in the Bataclan,
Spanish newspapers reported, quoting the government.
Two
Tunisian women, sisters from near Bizerte aged 34 and 35, were also
killed, BFM TV said. They were celebrating a female friend's birthday.
Luis Felipe Zschoche Valle
Three Chileans died in the attacks, Chile's foreign
ministry said, without giving details about where they died. One of the
dead was Paris resident Luis Felipe Zschoche Valle, the other was
Patricia San Martin, described in the statement as a "Chilean exile" and
the niece of Chile's ambassador to Mexico, Ricardo Nunez. Her daughter,
Elsa Veronique Delplace San Martin, was also killed, the ministry said.
She had dual French-Chilean citizenship.
A 63-year-old Portuguese man named Manuel Dias who had emigrated and lived in Paris was
confirmed dead by the Portuguese government. He was killed in one of the explosions near the Stade de France.
Precilia Correia, 35, a dual Portuguese-French national, was killed at the Bataclan alongside her French boyfriend.
Two
Algerians were killed, the official APS news agency said, citing
diplomatic sources as saying the victims were a woman aged 40 and a man
aged 29.
A Moroccan architect and teacher, Amine Ibnolmobarak, aged 29, has been
named by the Moroccan Times newspaper as one of those killed at the Carillon bar. The native of Rabat was with his wife who was seriously injured, the paper added.
Two Senegalese nationals also died in the attacks, according to Senegal's media
