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| Nice attack victims: Everything we know so far | Nice attack victims: Everything we know so far |
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| At least 84 people have been killed and dozens injured after the driver of a truck ploughed into a crowd at the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice. | At least 84 people have been killed and dozens injured after the driver of a truck ploughed into a crowd at the Bastille Day fireworks display in Nice. |
| French President François Hollande said the terrorist attack was an “absolute horror” and has extended the country’s state of emergency – due to end on July 26 – for a further three months. | French President François Hollande said the terrorist attack was an “absolute horror” and has extended the country’s state of emergency – due to end on July 26 – for a further three months. |
| So far two US citizens and a Swiss woman have been named as victims. | |
| Estonia's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that two Estonian nationals were injured in the attack, but is yet to give further details. | |
| A teacher and two students from Germany were also killed in the attack, Berlin officials have confirmed. | |
| The following victims have been named: | The following victims have been named: |
| Sean Copeland, 52, from Austin, Texas, was killed in the attack along with his 10-year-old son Brodie. | Sean Copeland, 52, from Austin, Texas, was killed in the attack along with his 10-year-old son Brodie. |
| A family member, Hayley Copeland, said Mr Copeland was on holiday with his wife and their children in France to celebrate a birthday. | |
| Brodie was a member of Hill Country Baseball club, who posted a picture of him on Facebook and paid tribute to the “wonderful family”. | |
| Ms Casanova, a 54-year-old woman from Agno Ticino, an Italian-speaking region in Switzerland, has been confirmed dead by her brother Ivano Casanova. | |
| She was known in Switzerland as being the first female customs expert in Ticino. |