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| Burglary clue to student murders | Burglary clue to student murders |
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| Detectives investigating the murder of two French students at a south-east London flat are examining the theory it was linked to an earlier burglary. | Detectives investigating the murder of two French students at a south-east London flat are examining the theory it was linked to an earlier burglary. |
| The badly burned bodies of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were found with more than 240 stab wounds. | |
| Det Chief Insp Mick Duthie said the injuries were horrific, adding it was possible the men had been tortured. | Det Chief Insp Mick Duthie said the injuries were horrific, adding it was possible the men had been tortured. |
| Police revealed that a laptop had been stolen from the flat in Sterling Gardens, New Cross, six days earlier. | |
| The Paris-based news agency AFP reported one woman as having seen two men banging on the window of the flat on Sunday, the day their bodies were found. | |
| A man described as white was seen running from the bedsit rented by Mr Bonomo. | |
| The extent of the injuries are horrific. I have never seen injuries like this throughout my career Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie | The extent of the injuries are horrific. I have never seen injuries like this throughout my career Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie |
| There were no signs of forced entry and it is possible another set of keys was used to gain entry to the flat. | |
| Mr Duthie told a news conference: "Everyone working on this case, including myself, has been deeply shocked by what we have seen. | Mr Duthie told a news conference: "Everyone working on this case, including myself, has been deeply shocked by what we have seen. |
| "I have never seen injuries like this throughout my career." | "I have never seen injuries like this throughout my career." |
| Another line of inquiry is that their deaths could have been the result of mistaken identity. | Another line of inquiry is that their deaths could have been the result of mistaken identity. |
| Mr Duthie said: "We cannot find anything in these two young men's background to suggest they were involved in any criminality, that they had done anything wrong." | Mr Duthie said: "We cannot find anything in these two young men's background to suggest they were involved in any criminality, that they had done anything wrong." |
| The students had been involved in a research project at Imperial College, London, and had been due to return home to France later this month. | The students had been involved in a research project at Imperial College, London, and had been due to return home to France later this month. |
| Imperial Rector Sir Roy Anderson said the University had been left in shock by the deaths. | Imperial Rector Sir Roy Anderson said the University had been left in shock by the deaths. |
| "Our immediate thoughts are with their families," he said. | "Our immediate thoughts are with their families," he said. |
| "Laurent and Gabriel had bright futures ahead of them and it is dreadful that their lives should end so soon." | "Laurent and Gabriel had bright futures ahead of them and it is dreadful that their lives should end so soon." |