People hold hands to form a human solidarity chain near the site of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, November 15, 2015. (photo source REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol ) |
PARIS: Several foreigners have been identified among the victims of Friday's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, which left at least 129 dead and more than 350 injured.
According to an AFP tally from various official sources around the world, at least 23 foreigners lost their lives in the attacks. French officials have warned that the toll is likely to rise with several hundred also hurt, dozens seriously.
A breakdown of the victims by country:
ALGERIA: 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.
BELGIUM: 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, who had been living in Paris for four months. The third victim was reported to be 28 and also have French dual nationality.
BRITAIN: Nick Alexander, 36, was killed at the Bataclan concert hall, his family said. British media reports said he sold merchandise for the Eagles of Death Metal band that was playing at the time of the attack. The Foreign Office said a "handful" of other Britons were feared dead.
CHILE: Three Chileans were killed in the attacks. Patricia San Martin, 55, the niece of Chile's ambassador to Mexico and her daughter Elsa Delplace. The third victim was Luis Felipe Zschoche Valle, a musician, Chile's foreign ministry said.
GERMANY: Germany's foreign ministry said one of its citizens was killed, without giving further details.
MEXICO: Two Mexicans were killed, one with dual Spanish nationality, the foreign ministry said.
MOROCCO: One Moroccan was killed and another injured, according to the embassy in France.
PORTUGAL: Two Portuguese nationals are reported to have died, according to the Lisbon government. One of them, Manuel Dias, 63, was a driver and had just dropped off three passengers near the Stade de France, where he was killed.
The other, Precilia Correia, 35, worked at the FNAC in Paris and was killed at the Bataclan, where she had gone with her French boyfriend, who also killed. Born in France to a Portuguese father and French mother, she had dual nationality.
ROMANIA: Two Romanians were killed, according to the foreign ministry in Bucharest, giving only first the names of the victims: Ciprian, 32, and Lacramioara, 29. They were celebrating a birthday party at the Belle Equipe bistro and had an 18-month-old child.
SPAIN: Spanish authorities said 29-year-old Juan Alberto Gonzalez Garrido was killed while attending the concert at the Bataclan theatre. Spanish press reports said Jorge Alonso de Celada was killed at a restaurant and Alberto Pardo Touceda died in the concert attack.
SWEDEN: One person of Swedish nationality was wounded by gunfire and another was killed, according to the foreign ministry, which said it was still verifying the information.
TUNISIA: Two young Tunisian sisters who lived in the French region of Creusot were killed while celebrating a friend's birthday in Paris, according to the Tunisian foreign ministry.
UNITED STATES: California State University student Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, was killed in the attacks, the university said. She had been studying industrial design.
Other US citizens and a Swiss woman are reported to be injured, while two Brazilians were wounded in the attacks, President Dilma Rousseff said.
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