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LONDON (AP) – The last on the second case of poisoning by a nerve agent in England (all local times):
12:10 pm
A Russian legislator described a second case of "nerve" poisoning. poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in southern England as part of British efforts to tarnish the World Cup in Russia and fuel tensions before a planned US-Russia summit.
Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, said: Saturday in Amesbury is "the continuation of an anti-Russian PR hysteria that the British authorities are trying to create."
Zheleznyak noted that "this is happening in the midst of a rather strong positive emotional wave of British fans coming to Russia to support their team during the World Cup." He added that a positive perception of Russia went against the official narrative and accused the British authorities of presenting what could have been a drug overdose as another poisoning Novichok. A city in southwestern England where a second case of Novichok nerve poisoning has been reported fears an increased risk of contamination.
Michelle Jordan, a local resident of Amesbury, says that she had to tell him two kids to not touch anything when they go to the park and wash their hands. She says that she hopes the authorities "will simply be able to find, find answers and clarify things so that we can get back to normal."
Authorities had tried to eliminate all traces of the chemical weapon after former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was poisoned in March in the nearby town of Salisbury. Authorities said Thursday that they believed that two new victims, who had been hospitalized in critical condition on Saturday, had not been directly targeted but disappointed by the previous attack.
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11:35
The Kremlin spokesman is concerned about a second case of intoxication by a nerve agent in England, pointing out that Russia has nothing to do with both case.
British police said on Wednesday that a couple in their forties was in critical condition after being poisoned by the same agent who nearly killed former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that "Russia categorically denies and continues to categorically deny the possibility of any involvement in what is happening there."
Peskov notes that Britain rejected Russia's offer of a joint investigation, adding that "the British side has not submitted any evidence of Russia's involvement in this case, besides unfounded accusations. "
19659002] Russian lawmakers speculated that a second case of poisoning by the Novichok neurological agent in England could be traced to a British source.
British police said on Wednesday that a couple was seriously ill, poisoned by the same Soviet-designed agent who nearly killed former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. Britain blamed Russia for the poisoning of the Skripals – an accusation that Moscow has violently denied.
Nikolai Kovalyov, a legislator and ex-head of the FSB national security agency, told the Interfax news agency that a psychologically unstable British researcher "who could have stolen the lethal toxin from a chemical laboratory.He did not offer any evidence to substantiate his claims.
Another lawmaker, Alexei Pushkov, also pointed the finger in the direction of Britain, tweeting: "Something is rotten in the United Kingdom."
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10:25
British authorities investigating a second case of poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent in the southwest from England claim that they suspect that the victims were not directly targeted, but disgusted as a result of the previous attack. quarantine of the year was poisoned by the same lethal toxin – developed by the Union So Viki – which almost killed Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March. The new victims are both seriously ill in the same hospital that treated the Skripals.
"The working hypothesis would be that they are either victims of the consequence of the previous attack, or of something else, but that they are not directly targeted , "Security Minister Ben Wallace told the BBC
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07:45
British authorities are looking for clues in the race to understand how two British were exposed to the agent neurotoxic Novichok military grade. According to the country's chief anti-terrorist police, experts have determined that the couple in their forties had been poisoned by the same lethal toxin – developed by the Soviet Union – that almost killed a former Russian spy and his girl in march.
whether the new victims were intentionally targeted.
The man and the woman are seriously ill at the Salisbury District Hospital in England, where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia have already been treated.
Sajid Javid chairs a meeting of the UK government 's COBRA emergency committee on Thursday morning.
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