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French students murdered and set alight in London
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-07-04 15:40

Police are looking at the possibility that they were the victims of mistaken identity. Someone had broken into the flat six days before the fire and stolen a laptop computer.

The pair were on a three-month research project at Imperial College London, one of the world's leading science universities.

They had arrived in London in May to study DNA at Imperial and were due to return to France later this month. Media reports said they had come from Clermont-Ferrand, central France.

Their families travelled from France to identify their bodies on Thursday.

No weapon has been found. Police are searching the area for clues and have seized security camera footage. The London Fire Brigade has launched an investigation into the blaze.

 

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