British ambassador in Cairo John Casson offered condolences to the family of Sherif Adel Habib, the Egyptian young man who was found burned to death in London recently.

In a Tweet, the ambassador said help has been offered to the relatives of the victim to get visa to travel to London.

The British Embassy in Cairo said on Wednesday it is "closely following" the case related to the death of the 21-year-old Egyptian Habib.

In an official statement, the embassy said it is “working with the Egyptian government in London and Cairo."

“The Metropolitan police are now working quickly to determine the circumstances of this man’s death. The UK government will be in close contact with the MFA and the Egyptian consulate in London today to receive and respond to any specific requests from the Egyptian authorities and the family," an embassy spokesperson said.

University of Greenwich's 21-year-old mechanical engineering graduate Habib was rescued from a garage blaze in Cranleigh Gardens, Southall, during the early hours of Monday and was taken to a specialist burns hospital in Essex, where he was then pronounced dead.

Source: MENA