Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez
- Male
- Died Jun 29, 2008
- France
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French students stabbed to death
Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were in their second year of masters degrees at the Clermont-Ferrand Polytech in the Auvergne region of central France, home to the country’s most promising young scientists. Both had been selected for the Undergraduate Opportunities for Research Programme, a three-month project on DNA, in the life sciences department at Imperial College.
Bonomo, from the medieval town of Velaux, near Aixen-Provence, was described as a dedicated research scientist. A brilliant chess player and keen tennis fan, he was engaged to be married. A former president of the student union, Bonomo had campaigned to reduce binge drinking.
Ferez was known as an exceptional polymath and one of the brightest students in his year. He had already been awarded a place on a chemistry masters course at a university in Amiens, a gateway to a doctorate in his specialism. A fan of history, tennis and rock music, Ferez had also worked as a technician at the Phillipe Pinel Hospital in Amiens.
Instead of developing their skills in London the two close friends became the victims of an attack that is among the most horrific in living memory.Their bodies were found late on Sunday evening, bound, gagged and with hundreds of stab wounds. Laurent, a student in the proteins that cause infectious disease, had been stabbed 196 times with half of them being administered to his back after he was dead.
Gabriel, who hoped to become an expert in ecofriendly fuels, suffered 47 separate injuries.
There were no signs of forced entry at the flat which was set on fire after the two men were killed in an apparent attempt to get rid of any evidence.(text source:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4265622.ece )
Our thoughts and prayers stay with the families of these innocent victims of vicious burglars.
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RIP
H Taylor Aug 04, 2011
Rest in peace
Pamela Smith Jun 30, 2011
Two Steps Back
Paul Sep 06, 2010
We never had the chance to meet him, but we think his fiancée, Marie, called round one evening to borrow a corkscrew, which my girlfriend told her they could keep. At least with that one small gesture my girlfriend had the opportunity to have some positive impact on his life in London, for which I truly and bizarrely envy her.
After the murders, my girlfriend's grief manifested itself through intense guilt, whereas anger was my overwhelming emotion. The fact that it happened on our doorstep intensified the injustice and made me ashamed to be British for my government's failings.
Never so plainly had I witnessed two such undeniably good souls snatched from the world by two such wastes of human life. If it were a simple choice of who deserved to live on this earth more, to my mind there would be no contest. But the wrong pair survived and in thirty to forty years they will perhaps walk free.
I decided to write my debut novel to vent some of my pent up anger through the eyes of a character who has nothing to lose, and to explore more profoundly the distinction between those who merit the gift of life, like Laurent and Gabriel, and those who clearly do not.
More than two years down the line, I dedicate the completed novel to Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, may they rest in peace.
In Rememberance
Pamela Smith Jun 29, 2010