UC Berkeley student confirmed dead in Nice terror attack

An American student who had been missing following last week’s truck attack on the French city of Nice is confirmed dead.

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. The school said he was participating in a local summer entrepreneurship program in the city.

Leslie is the third American killed in the attack. The other two American fatalities were a father and son from Texas who were on a family trip through Spain and France.

“This is tragic, devastating news,” UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks said in the statement. “All of us in the UC Berkeley family — both here on campus, and around the world — are heartbroken to learn that another promising young student has been lost to senseless violence. I join Nick’s parents, friends and the entire campus community in condemning this horrific attack, and in mourning the loss of one of our own.”

The driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, a Tunisian who had lived in Nice for years, drove through the crowd for more than a mile before police shot him dead.

French authorities announced Sunday they detained two more people, an unnamed man and woman, in connection with the attack, according to multiple news reports. The latest arrests make a total of seven suspects in police custody since the deadly Bastille Day attack.

Contributing: The Associated Press