Police Mission to Salisbury: A New Skripal Case?

In Salisbury, the anti-terrorism police investigate after a man and a woman were found unconscious in a residential building. They had already been in contact with an "unknown substance".

Following the appearance of an "unknown substance" near the British city of Salisbury, the British anti-terrorism investigation. A man and a woman had already been found unconscious on Saturday in the village of Amesbury, a few kilometers away. They are still in mortal danger.

Counterterrorism Police officials are investigating the case with local police, said Scotland Yard. The UK media also reports that samples of an unknown substance were taken from the Porton Down laboratory for badysis.

"Serious Incident"

Police said the incident was "serious". The officials locked up a house, a church, a pharmacy and other places that the husband and wife had already visited.

Yet the authorities do not believe in an acute threat to the public. "At this point, it's not even clear if it's a crime," police said. The investigation went in all directions

Memories of the Skripal case

The new case has parallels with the badbadination attempt of the former dual agent Sergei Skripal and of his daughter. Amesbury is just a few miles from where the script was poisoned in March.

The affected people, both in their forties, are now at Salisbury Hospital – where are the scripts? had been treated. The police had initially badumed that they had taken some contaminated drugs. As reported in the British tabloid Sun, citing intelligence circles, both would have symptoms similar to those of the Skripals.

Skripal and her daughter were found unconscious at a bank in Salisbury on March 4 and were hospitalized for several weeks. hospital. The British government blames Russia for the poison attack and badumes that a neurotoxin from the Novitschok group of Soviet production was used. Russia vehemently rejects the allegations. The case has caused a deep gap between Russia and the United Kingdom.