British police exclude no more cases of exposure in Novichok

London, United Kingdom

The British anti-terrorist police chief said Monday that he could no longer guarantee that more cases of people exposed to Novichok after death of a woman in Salisbury poisoned by this neurotoxic agent.

"I simply can not offer a guarantee," Neil Basu told reporters, recalling that the health authorities "noticed that the danger for

Basu explained that 21 people went to health centers because they felt bad and believed to have been exposed to this substance, but that they were examined and returned without problem

. of the commander are produced after experiencing death Dawn Sturgess a 44-year-old British woman who was hospitalized in a serious condition on June 30 in Salisbury, as well as her partner, a 45-year-old man also contaminated with this powerful substance

In turn, the death, which the police investigate as murder, occurs four months after the attack with this nerve agent against the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. [19659003Sturgessetsonpartnershaveboughtanobjectwhich"Theyshouldhavereceivedahighdose"BasuexplainedexplainingthatthepolicestilldonotknowifthegasthatkilledthewomaninjuredhimThecoupleisofthesamepartyastheonewhoalmostkilledtheSkripal

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May declared that she was "horrified and dismayed" by the death of Dawn Sturgess and sent him his condolences. the family.

"Police and security guards work to clarify the facts quickly," he added.

"Dawn leaves her family, her three children, and our thoughts and prayers are for them in this extremely difficult time," said Neil Basu, chief of the British anti-terrorist police

"This terrible news is not only strengthens our determination to resolve this investigation, identify and prosecute those responsible. "

Scotland Yard clarified that the 45-year-old man was also contaminated by Novichok and hospitalized last Saturday in Salisbury. in critical condition

One of his friends told AFP that he was Charlie Rowley and that he was a couple of Dawn Sturgess