Among at least 129 people who died in Friday night's terrorist attacks in Paris was one of FRANCE 24's own, Mathieu Hoche, who had been a camera technician at the channel since it was established in 2006. We take a look at some of the victims.

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French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday that 103 bodies had been successfully identified in the wake of Friday's terror attacks in Paris, with 20 to 30 more French nationals still awaiting identification.

"They will be [identified] in the coming hours," said Valls outside the Ecole Militaire, where a centre has been set up for the victims' families.

At least 129 people were killed, according to the latest official toll.

"These are not anonymous victims. They are lives, young people, who were targeted while they spent a quiet evening in a café, or at a concert," Valls said.

FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of those who lost their lives.

Mathieu Hoche, 37, a camera technician at FRANCE 24, was killed at the Bataclan concert hall, along with scores of other concert-goers. A friend, Antoine Rousseay, tweeted about how passionately Hoche loved rock and roll. Hoche's survivors include his 6-year-old son.

Valentin Ribet, 26, a lawyer with the Paris office of the international law firm Hogan Lovells, also killed at the Bataclan concert hall.

Ribet received a master of laws degree from the London School of Economics in 2014, and earlier did postgraduate work at the Sorbonne University in Paris. His law firm said he worked on the litigation team, specialising in white collar crime. "He was a talented lawyer, extremely well liked, and a wonderful personality in the office," the firm said.

Guillame Decherf, 43, a writer who covered rock music for the French culture magazine Les Inrocks. He was at the Eagles of Death Metal concert, having written just two weeks earlier about the band's latest album. His survivors include two daughters.

Djamila Houd, 41, of Paris, originally from the town of Dreux, southwest of the capital. The newspaper serving Dreux - L'Echo Republicain - said Houd was killed at a cafe on the rue de Charonne in Paris. According to Facebook posts from grieving friends, she had worked for Isabel Marant, a prestigious Paris-based ready-to-wear fashion house.

Thomas Ayad, 32, an international product manager for Mercury Music Group and a music buff was killed at the Bataclan. In his hometown, Amiens, he was an avid follower of the local field hockey team. Lucian Grainge - the chairman of Universal Music Group, which owns Mercury Music - said the loss was "an unspeakably appalling tragedy," in a note on Saturday to employees provided to the Los Angeles Times.

Asta Diakite, cousin of French midfielder Lassana Diarra, who played against Germany in Friday's soccer match at Stade de France, during which three suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the sports arena. Diarra, who is Muslim, posted a moving message on Twitter after his cousin was killed in the shootings, saying; "She was like a big sister to me." He added: "It is important for all of us who represent our country and its diversity to stay united against a horror which has no colour, no religion. Stand together for love, respect and peace."

Fabrice Dubois, who worked with the publicity agency Publicis Conseil. The agency said in a statement on Facebook that he was killed at the concert hall and that "the entire agency is upset. He was a very great man in every sense of the word. Our thoughts are with his family, his wife, his children, his friends, those with whom he worked."

Cédric Mauduit, director of modernisation of the French department of Calvados. The department issued a statement announcing his death at the concert hall, saying that Mauduit "found it a joy to share this concert with his five friends" and said the sadness of those who knew him was "immense." Anyone who worked with Mauduit, the statement said, could appreciate both his skills and his humanity.

(FRANCE 24 with AP)

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