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Portuguese football fan was only victim of Stade de France terror

In November last year 130 civilians lost their lives and Manuel Colaco Dias was a Portuguese immigrant who loved football. He was the only victim who died at Stade de France

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The only civilian to die at the Stade de France as a result of the November 13 terror attacks on Paris which killed 130 people was a Portuguese football fan - Manuel Colaco Dias. The 63-year-old driver had taken a group of France supporters from Reims to see the match against Germany that night.

A friendly man who loved his football, Dias would often drive passengers to stadiums for matches and would often go inside along with them too.