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The head of British counterterrorism said that it is very likely that the Novichok that killed Dawn Sturgess in Wiltshire came from the same group used four months earlier to attack a former Russian spy and his girl at their home in Salisbury. Deputy Police Commissioner Neil Basu also said that the stuff that led Sturgess and his partner to get sick on Saturday was in a ship or container when the couple fell on it.
Basu's decision, which directs Scotland Yard's counterterrorism Linking the two attacks on Monday, increases pressure on Russia.
Britain accused Moscow of attacking Sergei and Julia Skripal in March. Sturgess died at the hospital Sunday and Charlie Rowley, his partner, remains gravely ill.
A relative of the Sturgess family home in Durrington, near Amesbury, said the family was "devastated," but declined to comment further. Wearing protective gloves and a respirator, they towed a red van from a road to Durrington on Sunday night. Police guarded Sunday near the van at Avondown Road, neighbors said.
Sunday evening, the road was cordoned off and members of the RAF regiment arrived in protective gear. They wrapped the pickup truck in plastic, loaded it onto a military truck and took it away.
The road is near the place where Sturgess's parents live and two miles from Amesbury. The neighbors said that they did not know who owned the van.
Some residents of Salisbury and Amesbury are increasingly uncomfortable with the fact that they are not getting enough information.
Ricky Rogers, leader of the Wiltshire Council Labor Group, said the death of Sturgess had increased tensions.
"Local residents have never been adequately informed of the first incident in March.I think someone from the anti-terrorism needs to come here and tell us what he knows" , he said.
"Did this poisoning, unfortunately the tragic death, happen in Salisbury or Amesbury?" Some sort of answer would provide assurances, "there is too much speculation, we all think that there are parts of Salisbury that we should avoid.The public tells me that they do not feel safe. "
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