University officials confirmed Sunday that Nicolas Leslie, 20, was among the 84 people killed in a truck attack in the French Riviera city of Nice. 84 dead, 202 hurt as truck hits Bastille Day crowd in Nice, FranceThe university said Leslie was part of a group of students attending a 15-day program called Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Europe, which is part of the global European Innovation Academy.
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Nicolas Leslie, a UC Berkeley student, has been identified as among the 84 people killed in Thursday’s terrorist attack, UC Berkeley said in a statement on Sunday.
Three other Berkeley students were injured in the attack, while one other program participant still was unaccounted for as of Monday: 21-year-old Estonian Rickard Kruusberg.
For the second time this month, UC Berkeley is mourning the death of a student killed in an overseas terrorist attack.
For the second time in less than two weeks, hundreds gathered at UC Berkeley to console one another in the wake of the unthinkable: a student killed in a terror attack overseas.
Leslie was an only child who was “adored by everyone” who knew him, said Antonella, who described him as “a wonderful, caring young adult, extremely motivated”. Medora remains hospitalized with a broken leg. He was a junior in the College of Natural Resources.
Leslie was born in Italy and moved with his family to Del Mar, where he graduated from high school.
Leslie was a student at UC Berkeley.
A friend told Leslie’s family they saw him running away after the attack.
MacEwan University, in Alberta, Canada, also announced that one of its students is missing in Nice. Behind them stood the American, French and Italian flags – Leslie’s mother is Italian and he was born in Milan. Members of Leslie’s family could not be reached. Vladyslav Kostiuk, 23, a senior computer science major, suffered a broken leg. Two weeks ago, 18-year-old sophomore Tarishi Jain died when militants attacked a cafe in Dhaka, killing 20. On Facebook, he had posts about a student consulting group with which he was involved, and photos from attractive places, kite-surfing and hiking.
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His uncle asked that people pray for the young man’s parents. “And send positive energy and light to them because they are in darkness right now”.
