Student killed in Nice

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An Edmonton university confirms one of its students, Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy, was killed in last week's truck attack in Nice, France. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-European Innovation Academy, Twitter.

An Edmonton university has confirmed that one of its students was killed in last week's truck attack in France.

MacEwan University says in a release that Mykhaylo Bazelevskyy, who was 22, was among those who died in the July 14 massacre in Nice.

The school says confirmation of his death came late Tuesday from French authorities and his family.

Bazelevskyy — who was in the School of Business — had permanent resident status in Canada, but was travelling on a Ukrainian passport.

He was one of five MacEwan students, who, along with a faculty member, were participating in a three-week entrepreneurship and innovation training program offered by the European Innovation Academy.

The other students and teacher were not hurt.

McEwan says Bazelevskyy was very active in student life on campus and that it's saddened by his loss.