Paris attacks: 'Hero' Ludovic Boumbas died throwing himself in front of bullet to save woman

 Provided by The IndependentA man who died in the Paris attacks after throwing himself in front of a bullet to save a woman has been described as a "hero".

Ludovic Boumbas was enjoying a birthday meal with friends when gunmen began to fire bullets at people sitting on the terrace of La Belle Epique bar in the Rue de Charonne in the 11th district.

Mr Boumbas, 40, was a Congolese man who grew up in Lille, northern France, according to French newspaper Liberation.