UK counter-terrorism chief says couple in Wiltshire contaminated with same substance as Skripals

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UK police say couple in Wiltshire contaminated with same substance as Skripals
Published time: 4 Jul, 2018 20:59
Edited time: 4 Jul, 2018 21:30
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UK police say couple in Wiltshire contaminated with same substance as Skripals
Police officers stand next to a section of a cordoned off playing field near Amesbury Baptist Church. Henry Nicholls / Reuters
British authorities are saying that the couple that is currently in critical condition in Salisbury hospital was exposed to the same substance as Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March.
UK counter-terrorism chief Neil Basu said that the substance was 'Novichok,' the same one that the UK claims the Skripals were poisoned with. He said that police did not know how it was transmitted. The affected people are both British and in their mid-40s, and Basu said there was nothing in the pair's background to suggest they would be a target, yet their connection to the Skripal case is being investigated.

Earlier, Wiltshire Police declared a “major incident” in the town of Amesbury, around 12 kilometers from Salisbury, over a man and woman, both British in their 40s, being hospitalized after “suspected exposure to an unknown substance.”

The pair was discovered unconscious in a property in Muggleton Road on Saturday, but Wiltshire Police did not report the incident until Wednesday. The UK's chief medical officer said during the press conference on Wednesday that the risk to the general public from the Wiltshire case was low.

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UK counter-terrorism chief says couple in Wiltshire contaminated with same substance as Skripals
Published time: 4 Jul, 2018 20:59
Edited time: 4 Jul, 2018 21:07
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UK counter-terrorism chief says couple in Wiltshire contaminated with same substance as Skripals
British authorities are saying that the couple currently in critical condition in Salisbury hospital has been exposed to the same substance as Sergey Skripal and his daughter in March.
Earlier, Wiltshire Police declared a “major incident” in the town of Amesbury, around 12 kilometers from Salisbury, over a man and woman, both in their 40s, being hospitalized after “suspected exposure to an unknown substance.” 

The pair was discovered unconscious in a property in Muggleton Road on Saturday, but Wiltshire Police did not report the incident until Wednesday.

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