What we know about the Paris terror attack victims

The sheer scale of the human tragedy is only now beginning to emerge

People gathered at Place de la Republique to remember the victims of the attack (Rex)

The sheer scale of the human tragedy which was visited on Paris last Friday night is only now beginning to emerge as the names of the dead are confirmed. Because the terrorists targeted popular and trendy bars and restaurants in eastern Paris, as well as the Bataclan concert venue, many of their victims were young. But also among the dead were families celebrating birthdays, couples eating together or simply friends enjoying a night out.

La Belle Equipe

Ludovic Boumbas has been hailed as a hero after being killed as he dived in front of a nearby woman to save her from a hail of bullets unleashed by one of the terrorists who attacked the restaurant. The 40-year-old, who was Congolese but grew up in Lille, had been enjoying a birthday meal with friends when the attack started. The woman he saved is believed to have survived and is now in a critical condition in hospital.

Ciprian Calciu, 32, and his girlfriend Mariana Lacramiorara, 29, who were both from Romania and had a son together, were also killed at the popular nightspot. Djamila Houd, 41, Hyacinthe Koma and Véronique Geoffroy de Bourgies, the president of a humanitarian foundation, also died.

Bataclan

Shortly before he attended the Bataclan concert on Friday night, Manu Perez posted a picture on Facebook showing two tickets for the gig with an accompanying message thanking his music industry friend for getting them. At 9.03pm, a moment before the massacre began, he posted a second picture showing the crowd and the band, Eagles of Death metal, on stage. Mr Perez died alongside his girlfriend Précilia Correia.

Among the dead were local Parisien musicians, artists, students and others who had travelled to the French capital specifically to hear the band play. Elsa Delplace died alongside her mother Patricia San Marti, while Fabrice Dubois, 46, who had two sons aged 13 and 11, was also killed. Other victims included Mathieu Hoche, a 35-year-old guitarist, and Elodie Breuil, a 23-year-old design student who had attended a solidarity march in the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo earlier in the year.

Le Carillon

A “quintessential young Muslim intellectual” was among those murdered by terrorist gunmen at the café bar in the Canal Saint-Martin area of the French capital. Amine Ibnolmobarak, 29, from Morocco, was with his wife Maya on the terrace of the venue when the attack started. She was shot three times and is in a critical condition in hospital. The couple were only recently married. A trained architect, Mr Ibnolmobarak taught at ENSA Paris-Malaquais architecture school. His former professor Jean Attali said he had dedicated himself to “spreading the peaceful values of his religion” and had impressed his teachers with an architectural study of the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Ludovic Boumbas dived in front of a nearby woman to save her from a hail of bullets

Petit Cambodge

An American student with “big dreams” who was studying in France died when the gunmen opened fire on the Cambodian restaurant. Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, who also had dual Mexican nationality, was a design student at California State University Long Beach. One witness to the attack said it had been “very fast”, starting with a rapid burst of gunfire which sounded like firecrackers before people started running for cover.

Also eating at the restaurant was Justine Moulin, 23, a student at SKEMA Business School in Paris, who also lost her life. “She was a wonderful person. She was always smiling,” said Julie de Mélo, one of her best friends. “She was too young to die.”

Stade de France

Manuel Dias, 63, a Portuguese national who had emigrated to Paris, was killed by one of the suicide bombers who blew themselves up near the stadium where a friendly international was taking place between France and Germany. A tour bus driver, Mr Dias had just dropped off three passengers near the Stade de France when the killers struck.