"The two victims of the Marseille knife attack were identified by their first names as cousins and best friends Mauranne and Laura, both 20.
Mauranne was from Eguilles, a town near Aix-en-Provence, and was studying medicine at Marseille university, where she lived on campus.
Yvon Berland, the president of the university, said she was a "brilliant student", who would have enjoyed a "superb professional future".
Laura lived in Rillieux-la-Pape, on the outskirts of Lyon, and had travelled to Marseille to celebrate her upcoming 21st birthday with her cousin and other friends.
Laura was in the second year of a course to qualify as a nurse in Lyon, and was also a scout leader, having joined the scout movement as a volunteer three years ago.
The two young women were sitting on a bench in warm sunshine outside Marseille's main train station waiting for Laura's train home when they were stabbed to death by the suspected Islamic State knifeman on Sunday.
The man shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he murdered the women outside St-Charles station in the southern city of Marseille on Sunday afternoon..."
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