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Still in the new case of poisoning in the UK, Nowitschok neurotoxin has been detected. The alleged attack on the former Russian spy Skripal was committed in March with the same poison.
The two British men, who were in mortal danger, were also exposed to the Novitschok neurotoxin. This investigation revealed the British army, said the British anti-terrorist police. The couple found unconscious Saturday near Salisbury in southern England was in contact with the same poison that in March, the former Russian agent Sergej Skripal and his daughter.
According to police, however, until now, both the victims were "targeted one way or the other". Where exactly the nervous poison comes from, more research is needed. It is not clear how the two British came in contact with the poison.
Investigation as in the case of Skripal
The British anti-terrorism investigation now on Skripal as in the case. Hundreds of officials are involved in the investigations, police said. Amesbury is very close to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Stonehenge and only 12 miles from Salisbury, where Skripal was poisoned.
Police consider the incident as "serious". The police locked up a house, a church, a pharmacy and other places that the man and the woman had already visited. Nevertheless, the authorities do not believe in an acute threat to the public. They called on residents to take precautions.
Emergency meeting at Westminster
Prime Minister Theresa May and the ministers are kept abreast of the progress of the investigation. According to May's office, there was an emergency meeting
According to the police, the victims are 45 years old and 44 years old in the area. Both are now at the hospital in Salisbury – where the scripals were treated.
Skripal case triggered a diplomatic crisis
A neighbor of the two, who is also friends with them, said AFP, the woman showed signs of illness first, the man a little later. According to him, the man looked at the symptoms as though he was "in another world". "He was extremely sweaty, sweat ran," said the neighbor. "You could not talk to him, he was making strange noises, and he was rocking back and forth."
Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious at a bank in Salisbury on March 4 and were hospitalized for weeks. The British government blames Russia for the poison attack and assumes that a neurotoxin from the Novitschok group of Soviet production was used. Russia vehemently rejects the allegations. The case has led to a deep gap between Russia and the United Kingdom.
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