UC Berkeley Student Still Missing After Deadly Nice Attack
Nicolas Leslie, 20, remains unaccounted for after the deadly truck attack in France on Bastille Day, three other Cal students are injured
J. Clara Chan | July 16, 2016 @ 1:02 PM
Last Updated: July 16, 2016 @ 3:30 PM
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Three U.C. Berkeley students were injured in the truck attack in Nice, France, on Bastille Day, and one — junior Nicolas Leslie — still has not been located, according to an announcement from the university.
The students were amongst the 85 attending U.C. Berkeley’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Europe study abroad program, which takes place over the course of a month. Seven students have since elected to leave the program and will have returned to the U.S. by the end of this weekend, the university said.
University staff, local officials, U.S. consular officials and Leslie’s family have been working together to try to locate the student.
His mother, Paola Bottoni Leslie, also shared a video to her Facebook page with photos of what she said her son was wearing on the day of the Bastille Day attack.
Two of the three injured students — Vladyslav Kostiuk, 23, a senior majoring in computer science, and Diane Huang, 20, a senior majoring in environmental economics and policy — have been released from the hospital after receiving medical treatment for a broken leg and foot, respectively.
Daryus Medora, 21, an undeclared sophomore, still remains in the hospital with a broken leg.
The study abroad has temporarily been suspended to follow along with the three days of national mourning taking place in France, but will continue through to July 24, it’s original end date.
Major Terrorist Attacks in 2016 (Photos)
Terrorist attacks in Brussels, Orlando, and Nice have made the biggest headlines around the globe, but there have been more than 100 more terrorist attacks this year. These are some of the deadliest ones that have happened so far. Be advised: This gallery contains violent imagery.
January 3 -- ISIS suicide bombers attack Camp Speicher, a former U.S. base now used by the Iraqi Air Force, killing 15.
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January 7 -- A car bomb at a Libyan police camp in the town of Zilten kills 60 people and wounds 200 more.
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January 11 -- Bombs in three cities in Iraq, including Baghdad, kill over 130 people.
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January 16 -- ISIS forces attack the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor, killing Syrian army members as well as women and children. Death toll estimates range between 130 and 300 people.
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February 1 -- A suicide bomber detonates a vest outside Afghanistan's national police headquarters in Kabul, killing 20 and injuring 29.
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February 8 -- ISIS executes approximately 300 activists, police, and military personnel in Mosul, Iraq.
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February 21 -- ISIS detonates car bombs in two Syrian towns heavily populated with Shi'ite Muslims, killing between 140 and 270 people, and wounding over 300 more.
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February 17; March 13 -- 67 people are killed in two car bombings in Ankara, Turkey that occur within a month of each other.
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March 22 -- Three suicide bombers armed with nail bombs performed coordinated attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Thirty-two people are killed, with the nail bombs wounding 340 more.
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March 27 -- Seventy-two people, including 29 children, are killed in a suicide bombing at the largest public park in Lahore, Pakistan.
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June 12 -- A gunman opens fire on a nightclub popular with the LGBT community in Orlando, killing 49 and wounding 53 before being shot down by law enforcement officials. The attack is the deadliest in the United States since 9/11.
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June 28 -- A trio of suicide bombings at an airport in Istanbul kill 45 and injure 200 more. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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July 3 -- Several bombings in Baghdad kill over 300 and wound 225. The attacks are the deadliest in Iraq since 2007.
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July 7 -- A sniper kills five police officers who are escorting a protest against police brutality in Dallas. The shooting came in the same week that two African-American men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed during encounters with police officers.
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July 14: At least 77 people are killed in Nice, France, after a truck drives through a crowd on Bastille Day.
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Major attacks in 2016 have taken place in Brussels, Nice, Syria, and Orlando
Terrorist attacks in Brussels, Orlando, and Nice have made the biggest headlines around the globe, but there have been more than 100 more terrorist attacks this year. These are some of the deadliest ones that have happened so far. Be advised: This gallery contains violent imagery.