Police called "Newbie" the cause of a new poisoning near Salisbury

Scotland Yard Neil Basu, head of the anti-terrorism department, said two people who were poisoned near Salisbury were poisoned with the substance "Novice", like Sergei and Julia Skripali. The statement was posted on the Department's website

"Tonight we received research from Porton Down (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Hazard Protection Training Center near Salisbury – RBC) which show that two people were exposed to the nerves. "The novice," he said.

The representative of Scotland Yard also revealed some of the circumstances of the incident. years old was hospitalized first.According to him, the ambulance service was called to one of the addresses in Amesbury on June 30 around 10:15 am The woman was unconscious, she was immediately hospitalized.

Later in the day, around 3.30 pm, an ambulance was called again at the same address, this time for a 45-year-old man who was also taken to the hospital. been informed.

The ra Pport said that initially a version was advanced, according to which both were poisoned after consuming drugs from a potentially infected party. However, on July 2, because of the symptoms presented by the victims, the samples were sent to the laboratory of Porton Down

"After a detailed badysis of these samples, we can confirm that the man and the woman have been exposed to the neurotoxic "Novice", which was identified as the same substance that was poisoned by Julia and Sergey Skripaly, "said the representative of Scotland Yard in a statement

. Basu said both victims are currently in critical condition.

Currently, according to the representative of Scotland Yard, investigators are trying to establish how the couple could come into contact with the nerve agent.In the investigation involved a hundred representatives of the anti-terrorism department .

The statement says that the police can not yet say whether the "novice" was poisoned by an Amesbury couple of the same party as the substance that was poisoned by Skripali. "The probability that these two incidents may be related is undoubtedly one of the areas of our investigation," he said