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| Second arrest over student deaths | Second arrest over student deaths |
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| A second man has been arrested by police hunting the killer of two French students. | A second man has been arrested by police hunting the killer of two French students. |
| Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, were killed in a frenzied attack at a rented bedsit in New Cross, south-east London, on 29 June. | Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, were killed in a frenzied attack at a rented bedsit in New Cross, south-east London, on 29 June. |
| A police spokesman said a 33-year-old man handed himself in at a south London police station and had since been taken to hospital for treatment to injuries. | A police spokesman said a 33-year-old man handed himself in at a south London police station and had since been taken to hospital for treatment to injuries. |
| A 21-year-old man arrested on Saturday has been released without charge. | A 21-year-old man arrested on Saturday has been released without charge. |
| Laptop stolen | |
| The badly burned bodies of Mr Bonomo, from Velaux, near Marseille and Mr Ferez, from Prouzel, near Amiens, were found with more than 240 stab wounds. | The badly burned bodies of Mr Bonomo, from Velaux, near Marseille and Mr Ferez, from Prouzel, near Amiens, were found with more than 240 stab wounds. |
| Post-mortem examinations gave the cause of death in both cases as multiple stab wounds to the head, neck and torso. | 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. | Tests also revealed Mr Bonomo suffered 80 wounds after he died. |
| Rest assured that we will not leave you in peace Gabriel Ferez's parents | Rest assured that we will not leave you in peace Gabriel Ferez's parents |
| The flat in Sterling Gardens, New Cross, which Mr Bonomo was renting, had been burgled on 23 June and a laptop was stolen. | |
| Detectives believe their bank cards and two Sony PSP games consoles were taken on the day the pair were killed. | Detectives believe their bank cards and two Sony PSP games consoles were taken on the day the pair were killed. |
| They have urged anyone who has been offered games consoles stolen from the flat to come forward. | They have urged anyone who has been offered games consoles stolen from the flat to come forward. |
| 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 would "not be able to live in hiding forever". | They also said his killer would "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. |
| 'Silent march' | |
| Students and staff at the polytechnic took part in a "silent march" in the town as a mark of respect for the two men. | |
| Claude Gilles Dussap, the polytechnic's director, said it was vital that students continued to collaborate with each other. | |
| "One of the messages of the silent march is certainly to say that European students will always corroborate with each other wherever that maybe, London, Helsinki, Copenhagen or whatever. | |
| It's the only way to make scientific and technical progress." | |
| 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. |