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London on Thursday summoned Russia to explain itself after the poisoning of a British couple, exposed to the same innervating agent that used four months earlier against a former Russian spy and her daughter, causing concern in the local population.
"It is now time for the Russian state to explain exactly what happened," interior minister Sajid Javid told parliament after an emergency meeting
"It is totally unacceptable for our citizens to be deliberate or accidental targets or to pour poison into our streets, our parks, our cities," he added.
The Kingdom United has alerted the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), according to a spokesman for Downing Street.
The two Britons, a 45-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, were treated in critical condition on Saturday in Amesbury, a small town about 12 miles away. from Salisbury where Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal were poisoned in early March at Novitchok, a neurotoxic agent of Soviet design.
– Moscow has "no information" –
London pointed to Russia, which denied any involvement, creating a serious diplomatic crisis between Moscow and the West. The Skripals were finally out of business after several weeks of heavy medical treatment.
Moscow defended itself on Thursday saying it did not have "information on the substance used". The Kremlin said it was "very concerned" about "the repeated use of such substances in Europe."
"We call on the British security forces not to give in to the dirty political games started by certain forces in London ", said Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy. "The government of Theresa May and her representatives will have to apologize," she added.
On Thursday, the police were busy determining how the British couple could be exposed to the same innervating agent as the one used against Skripals.
"It will be up to scientists to determine if it comes from the same lot," said British counterterrorism chief Neil Basu. He pointed out that there was "no evidence" suggesting that these new victims "were targeted in any way."
"Our strong working hypothesis is that the couple came into contact with the agent neurotoxic in a different place "sites decontaminated after the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, said Interior Minister, Sajid Javid, in front of deputies.
According to a government source, "one of the hypotheses envisaged is that one of the two picked up the container used to store the nerve agent used against the Skripals.The Novitchok was allegedly spread on the Russian entry door and could have been thrown to another place. "
-" Extremely Disturbing "-
Prime Minister Theresa May badured that the police would" move heaven and earth "to clear up this new case of poisoning, that she described it as "extremely disturbing".
Sam Hobson, a friend of the couple, whom he identified as Charlie Rowley and former homeless Dawn Sturgess, told AFP that they had spent the day in Salisbury on Friday. were found wrong the next day. They "must have touched something and become contaminated," he said.
This friend has also stated that Charlie Rowley has been living for a few months at Muggleton Road in Amesbury, in the house where the couple was found. According to him, Dawn Sturgess was housed in a homeless shelter in Salisbury
Several places frequented by victims on Friday and Saturday were closed to the public by police, including a pharmacy, a Baptist Center and a Salisbury Park. The homeless shelter was evacuated.
"We are all worried. (…) Was it something coming from here?" Questioned a resident who refused to give his name.
On Wednesday, 70-year-old Salisbury resident Patrick Hillman told AFP that he was "shocked that something happened so soon after" the Skripal poisoning case, also worrying about the repercussions for the city.
Faced with the panic that threatens to seize the population, the executive wanted rebadurance.
Salisbury "remains open to trade.The government will continue to provide all the support to the local community", badured Theresa May.
But while baderting that there is "no immediate risk to health," public health agency Public Health England (PHE) advised "as a precaution" to people who have gone to the same places that the victims wash their clothes. She also asked people "to be vigilant when picking up unknown or dangerous objects such as needles or syringes."
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