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| A 21-year-old man who was arrested over the deaths of two French students who were set alight in a London flat has been released with no further action. | A 21-year-old man who was arrested over the deaths of two French students who were set alight in a London flat has been released with no further action. |
| Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, were killed at a flat in Sterling Gardens, New Cross last Sunday. | |
| The man had been arrested on a street in South London in the early hours of Saturday morning. | The man had been arrested on a street in South London in the early hours of Saturday morning. |
| Police will be in the area, near where the friends were found dead, on Sunday evening appealing for information. | |
| The badly burned bodies of Mr Bonomo, from Velaux, and Mr Ferez, from Prouzel, were found with more than 240 stab wounds. | The badly burned bodies of Mr Bonomo, from Velaux, and Mr Ferez, from Prouzel, were found with more than 240 stab wounds. |
| I do not know why they were killed or who killed them Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie | |
| Post-mortem examinations gave the cause of death in both cases as multiple stab wounds to the head, neck and torso. | |
| Tests also revealed Mr Bonomo suffered 80 wounds after he died. | |
| Police also believe the two men were also gagged before the flat was set alight. | |
| Mr Ferez's parents said in a statement to those behind the killings: "Rest assured that we will not leave you in peace." | Mr Ferez's parents said in a statement to those behind the killings: "Rest assured that we will not leave you in peace." |
| They also said his killer "will not be able to live in hiding forever." | They also said his killer "will not be able to live in hiding forever." |
| Both men were biochemistry students and were in the third year of a masters degree at Polytech Clermont-Ferrand in central France. | Both men were biochemistry students and were in the third year of a masters degree at Polytech Clermont-Ferrand in central France. |
| 'Potential suspect' | |
| They were in London because they had been chosen to take part in a research project at Imperial College and were due to return home within weeks. | They were in London because they had been chosen to take part in a research project at Imperial College and were due to return home within weeks. |
| The flat in Sterling Gardens, New Cross, which Mr Bonomo was renting, had been burgled on 23 June and a laptop stolen. | |
| Detectives believe their bank cards and two Sony PSP games consoles were taken on the day they were killed. | |
| Mr Ferez lived in South Norwood but had travelled to his friend's flat for the evening. | |
| Det Ch Insp Mick Duthie said: "I do not know why they were killed or who killed them but I believe the person or persons responsible would have been blood-stained as a result of this attack. | |
| "A white man was seen running away from the block of flats after the blaze was started. He is a potential suspect. Who was that man?" |