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I read about the bravery of one of the victims (she managed to flee but succumbed to injuries)
@Vergennes ...may this brave woman rest in peace:
A ‘kind-hearted’ devout Catholic woman was today named as the third victim in the Nice terror attack who was beheaded outside a church Married Nadine Devillers, 60, was the first person attacked by Tunisian knifeman Brahim Aoussaoui, 21, who slit her throat near the baptismal font. After he...
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This part:
One of the other victims, mother-of -three Simone Barreto Silva,
is said to have ‘died like a warrior’ after fighting off the Nice terrorist and raising the alarm about the attack.
Silva, a 44-year-old Brazil-born samba dancer turned care worker, managed to escape the Notre Dame Basilica despite being stabbed multiple times.
She fled to a nearby restaurant to seek help but died from her injuries.
Her last words to paramedics were: ‘Tell my children that I love them’.
Simone Barreto Silva, a 44-year-old Brazil-born mother of three was one of the victims of an attack on a church in Nice on Thursday. The former samba dancer is pictured here with Brazilian football legend Ronaldinho
Brahim Jelloule, manager of the Unik café opposite the church, told France Television: ‘She crossed the road, covered in blood
‘She was still talking, she was saying that there was someone inside (the church).
Miss Silva has been named as the third victim of Tunisian militant Brahim Aouissaou, who also killed 54-year-old church worker Vincent Loques and beheaded a 60-year-old woman.
Last night Miss Silva’s family paid tribute to the dancer, saying her bravery had prevented more deaths.
Her sister Solange Barreto told South American newspaper Correio of Bahia: ‘My sister was on her way to work when she passed the church and gave her prayers.
‘She fought against the assassin and even when she was wounded manage to leave the church seeking help and warning everyone what had happened until the police arrived.
‘With her goodness she avoided a tragedy which could have been even bigger.’