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One of them is Moroccan.
One of Mohamed’s cousins, Akram Benmbarek, wrote on Facebook that Mohamed had died, while his wife was in a critical condition.
He said: “I just learned that one of my cousins was a victim in the #Paris attack. A newly wed Mohamed Amine Benmarek passed away while his wife received 3 shots and is in critical condition at the hospital.”
Desperate loved-ones hoping for news of the missing after the Paris attacks took their search to the world through social media.
A special stream of messages on Twitter, all grouped under the tag “#rechercheParis” – meaning “search Paris”, has taken the place of an official list of the missing.
In the hours after the attacks it swelled with names and pictures of brothers, sisters, girlfriends and boyfriends, not seen since heading off for a night out in Paris. Most are the faces of students and young professionals, from France and other countries across the world. The youngest listed was a girl of just 17.
In a few cases the messages are followed up with relieved updates or, for some, news that that they were injured but alive.
But for many there was no news at all.
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday in a special joint session of parliament at the Palace of Versailles, that the Paris attacks targeted “youth in all its diversity”.
Mr Hollande said that the attackers targeted “the France that likes life, culture, sports, parties” and added the victims were of 19 different nationalities.
Yannick Minvielle was killed at the Bataclan on Friday night.
Described as a hero father-of-one, he was shot dead when he jumped in front of his girlfriend as one of the Bataclan terrorists prepared to shoot her.
Friends of Yannick told the Evening Standard how he sacrificed his own life to save his partner.
A friend of the couple, Maud Lavissiere said through tears: “He was trying to protect her, he stood in front of her and then all of a sudden he was dead. A bullet went straight through his head.
“His girlfriend is in a bad way. She’s traumatised. She lives because of him. It’s something that will haunt her forever.”
The 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.
Halima reportedly died at the scene, while Houda died later of her injuries.
Le Parisien has reported that their friend Ludovic Boumbas (below) died trying to save their lives.
Ludovic Boumbas, from France
Hailed as a hero of the Paris massacre, Ludovic (known as Ludo) died after throwing himself in front of a bullet to save a woman.
Ludo reportedly launched himself at the crazed fanatic gunman in a hail of bullets. He was one of 11 friends at a birthday celebration who died.
Today, his friends paid tribute to Ludo’s selfless bravery and called him ‘a hero’.
An unnamed friend told Le Parisien: ‘Ludo threw himself forward to protect a girl and took the bullet. She was also shot, but she survived and is in hospital.
‘He loved travelling the world and above all he loved people. He was just one of life’s good, good people. He didn’t stand a chance.’
The Foreign Office has confirmed that a British man was among those who died in the attack on the Bataclan venue.
Nick Alexander, 36, from London, was killed at the venue. He was shot in front of Helen Wilson, an American expat who herself was wounded in both legs.
In a statement his family said he was “everyone’s best friend” and died “doing the job he loved”.
“It is with huge sorrow that we can confirm that our beloved Nick lost his life at the Bataclan last night,” the statement said.
“Nick was not just our brother, son and uncle, he was everyone’s best friend – generous, funny and fiercely loyal.
