Scotland-Yard: Two victims in Aimsbury were also poisoned by the "newcomer"

The head of the Counter-Terrorism Office of Scotland Yard, Neil Base said that two people who received poisoning in the British city of Eimsbury, located near Salisbury, were poisoned by the novice poison, as a former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Julia. The application is published on the website of the department.

“After studying the samples, I can confirm that the man and the woman were exposed to the same nerve substance“ Novice ”, which were poisoned by Sergey and Julia Skripal,” the base said. The policeman noted that both victims are British subjects "continue to be in critical condition."

According to the representative of Scotland Yard, the first was the first to hospitalize a 44-year-old woman. The ambulance in Aimsbury was called on June 30 at about 10:15 Local time. A woman who was unconscious was taken to the hospital. On the same day, at about 15:30, at the same address they called an ambulance again - for a 45 -year -old man. He was also taken to the hospital. The media wrote that 45-year-old Charlie Rowley and 44-year-old Don Sterges were injured.

The police say that the version was originally nominated that both victims received poisoning after the use of drugs "from a potentially infected party." However, on July 2, due to the symptoms that were manifested by the victims, the test samples were sent to the laboratory of Porton-Daun-the Center for Protection from Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Danger near Salisbury.

The chief of the counter-terrorist unit of the metropolitan police, who headed the investigation of the incident, did not say that the poisonous substance-from the same party, which, according to the British side, was used in March to poison the 66-year-old Skripal and his 33-year-old daughter Julia, but did not exclude the connections between these incidents.

"I understand that there will be a lot of speculations about whether this incident is related to the March events in Salisbury. I would add that a comprehensive investigation of attempts on the murder of Julia and Sergey Skripye continues, and investigators continue to sort information and evaluate all the certificates at their disposal. They do everything possible to establish those who continue to remain reckless and barbaric criminal crime, ”added the base (quote for TASS).

The representative of Scotland Yard also announced the absence of evidence that people affected in Emsbury were specially chosen as a goal. "We have no intelligence data or evidence that they were to some extent the goal. There is nothing in their past, which could somehow allow to suggest this," the base said.

The policeman noted that at the moment there is no information that the victims in Eimsbury visited any of those places where the Salisbury, which are still numb by the police, visited the Salisbury day. "There is no evidence that [the victims] man or woman recently visited any of the places where disinfection after attempts to kill Sergey and Julia Skripaley," he said.

According to the representative of Scotland Yard, we are talking about a large -scale investigation - about 100 investigators from the counter -terrorist police network are now studying the circumstances of the case together with colleagues from the Wiltshire County Police.

There is no threat to the population

Meanwhile, doctors assured the population that the likelihood of infection in Eimsbury is small. “I want to assure the public that the threat to the general public remains low,” said Professor Sally Davis, the words of Britain, whose words are quoted by TASS.

However, Davis recommended that from the evening of June 29 to the evening of June 30, they could be in those places of the town that are currently numb by the police, wash their clothes and disinfect personal belongings.

In connection with the incident on July 5, a meeting of the Cobra Extraordinary Government Committee will be organized, which will be headed by the head of the British Ministry of Internal Affairs Sajid Javid.

On March 4, the 66-year-old former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal, convicted in Russia for espionage in favor of Great Britain, and his 33-year-old daughter Julia were subjected to Salisbury, according to the British side, the impact of the nerve substance "Novice". London accused Moscow of the incident, indicating that the poison was produced in Russia. The Russian side denied the charges.

According to the British media, the creaks were in critical condition. After recovery, they were discharged from the hospital and are now in an unknown place.