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British police are still looking for a source of neurotoxin that makes a man and a woman sick in the same region of southern England where the former Russian spy and her girl were poisoned in March
5/7), expressed his belief that the police will investigate the new case of poisoning thoroughly. Both victims were confirmed by Novichok, a deadly neural toxin developed by the Soviet Union and generally not found outside of Russia. VOA journalist Zlatica Hoke reports that the two poison cases sparked a political clash between Britain and Russia.
British Prime Minister Theresa May did not hide her suspicions about the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Both are exposed to a nerve poison placed at the door of their home in the city of Salisbury, south of England. Russia firmly denied any involvement in the event. However, a man and a woman unrelated to Russia are exposed to the same poison in another town not far from Salisbury.
"Knowing that two more people were exposed in Novichock, England," says May.
Police said Thursday (5/7), Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, both in their forties, were probably not the target of an attack but not deliberately exposed by the rest of Novichock used in a toxic attack last March. However, British officials, such as Interior Minister Sajid Javid, expressed anger in Moscow
. it is justified that our people be intentionally or involuntarily targeted by poison. Nor can it be justified that our streets, our gardens, our cities become dumps of poison, "he explained.
Moscow accuses the British of using the poisoned case of Novichok to burn the feeling anti-Russian Western countries. "Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said:" We can say now that there is an international aggression created by the British government against our country and our people in recent months and not four months of history of horror "Salisbury Mystery" pbaded, there is now a sequel, there is a second part, with the favorite character of Novichok . "
Russia says it wants to participate in this investigation." Hamish De Bretton-Gordon, a British chemical weapons expert, said that if Moscow really wanted to help, Moscow should provide more information on the way Novichok was made
"We do not know the composition, we know that after four months Novichok is still very toxic," said Hamish De Bretton-Gordon
Novichok is more lethal than the Similar chemical toxins, such as sarin and VX, and harder to identify. When they are absorbed through the skin or inhaled into the air, the toxins affect the nerve cells that control if the poison paralyzes the muscles who control the degrees of heart and breathing, the victim is usually killed. [ab/lt]
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