The United Kingdom asks Russia to give details on the attack of nerve agents after 2 Britons became seriously ill

Britain asks Russia to give details about the attack by a Novichok neurotoxin against a former double agent and his daughter after two British citizens were hit with the same poison.

A 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old woman A one-year-old man was seriously ill after a chance encounter with poison near the site of the attack on the ex-girlfriend. double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

Britain accused Russia of poisoning the Skripals with Novichok – a neurotoxin developed by the Soviet army during the Cold War – in what is the first use Known offensive of such a chemical weapon on European soil since World War II.

The working hypothesis would be that these are either victims of the consequences of the previous attack or something else, but not that they were directly targeted. – Ben Wallace, British Minister of Security

Russia, who currently hosts the Football World Cup, denied any involvement in the M arch incident, and suggested that the security services British had led the attack to fan anti-Moscow hysteria.

"The Russian state could put this" fake "right in. They could tell us what happened, what they did and fill in some of the important gaps that we are trying to pursue ", said the British Minister of Security, Ben Wallace

" I'm waiting for the phone call from the Russian state. "

The nerve agent is slowly decomposing [19659010] The two Britons, who became ill on Saturday, reportedly had an overdose of heroin or crack, but tests conducted by the Porton Down Military Research Center showed that they had been exposed. Britain should ask Russian experts to help investigate the poisoning, said Vladimir Shamanov, head of the defense committee of the Russian parliament, quoted by the RIA news agency [19659008]. The context has nothing to suggest a connection with the world of espionage or the former Soviet Union, came into contact with the poison, which is slow to decompose. "19659002" The working hypothesis would be that these are either victims of the consequences of the previous attack or something else, but not that they were directly targeted, "he said. said Wallace.

A British police officer keeps a cordon around a plastic trash bin in Salisbury, England on Thursday, investigators look for clues about how (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

The paramedics were called Saturday morning to a house in Amesbury after the woman, named by the media under the name Dawn Sturgess, collapsed.They returned later in the day when the man, Charlie Rowley, got sick.

Amesbury is located 11 kilometers north of Salisbury, where Skripal – a former Russian military intelligence colonel who is betraying dozens of agents – his daughter was found unconscious on a bench on March 4.

Novicho k contamination

Health leaders stated that the risk to the public was low, repeating their previous opinion, given after the Skripal became ill, that the public wash their clothes and use cleaning cloths to wash personal items .

But the exposure of two British citizens to such a dangerous nerve agent will fuel fears that Novichok may linger on sites around the ancient English city of Salisbury. [19659002] Andrea Sella, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University College London, stated that Novichok's neurotoxicants were designed to be fairly persistent and did not decompose quickly

. This means that if a container or surface was contaminated with this material, it would remain a danger for a long time, "said Sella." It will be essential to trace the couple's movements to identify where they might have been in contact with the source . "

Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found on a park bench in Salisbury, England, on March 4 [MishaJaparidze/APYuliaSkripal/FacebookviaAP)

After the Skripal poisoning, the Police investigators in protective suits hazmat skim Salisbury.They may return, according to the police

The March attack has caused the largest expulsion of Russian diplomats since the Cold War, the allies supporting the point of view of Prime Minister Theresa May that Moscow was responsible or had lost control of the nerve agent.] Moscow also fought back by expelling Western diplomats, including wondering about how Britain knows that Russia was responsible and offering rival interpretations, including that it was a conspiracy of the British secret services.