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| Students stabbed and set alight | Students stabbed and set alight |
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| Two French research students found stabbed to death following a flat fire had been bound and suffered "horrific, excessive injuries", police have said. | |
| The bodies of Laurent Bonomo, 23, and Gabriel Ferez, 23, were found in a ground floor flat in New Cross, south-east London, on Sunday night. | The bodies of Laurent Bonomo, 23, and Gabriel Ferez, 23, were found in a ground floor flat in New Cross, south-east London, on Sunday night. |
| Police said they had suffered head, neck and chest injuries in a "frenzied" attack before being set alight. | |
| They had been in London for two months studying DNA at Imperial College. | They had been in London for two months studying DNA at Imperial College. |
| Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie said he had no idea why the students had been killed. | Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie said he had no idea why the students had been killed. |
| I have never seen injuries inflicted to bodies like this before Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie | I have never seen injuries inflicted to bodies like this before Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie |
| At a press conference at Scotland Yard, he said the flat had been broken into six days before and a laptop was stolen. | At a press conference at Scotland Yard, he said the flat had been broken into six days before and a laptop was stolen. |
| He also said a white male was seen running from the scene and asked for help in tracing him. | He also said a white male was seen running from the scene and asked for help in tracing him. |
| DCI Duthie said one line of inquiry was that the attack was a case of mistaken identity. | |
| He added he was deeply shocked by the murder, adding: "I have never seen injuries inflicted to bodies like this before." | He added he was deeply shocked by the murder, adding: "I have never seen injuries inflicted to bodies like this before." |
| Lengthy ordeal | |
| The detective said no weapon has been recovered during extensive searches in the area and both men must have suffered a lengthy ordeal. | |
| He added that both victims suffered repeated stab wounds across their bodies and had been bound, possibly with materials from the flat. | |
| The detective said the "talented" bio-engineering students had been in London since the beginning of May and were due to return to France at the end of July. | The detective said the "talented" bio-engineering students had been in London since the beginning of May and were due to return to France at the end of July. |
| He said the emergency services were called after residents reported an explosion in Sterling Gardens on Sunday night. | He said the emergency services were called after residents reported an explosion in Sterling Gardens on Sunday night. |
| DCI Duthie said an accelerant had also been used in the flat. | DCI Duthie said an accelerant had also been used in the flat. |
| Police said Mr Bonomo, of Velaux, and Mr Ferez, of Prouzel, who studied at the Polytech Clermont-Ferrard in central France, were due to return home later this month. | |
| The parents of the two men were in the UK, and had the "gruesome task" of identifying their sons, police said. |