Police continue to examine Novichok poisoning
Police wearing protective suits entered a hostel in Salisbury as they continue to look at what happened
The counter-terrorism detectives stepped up their investigation into how two people were exposed to the nerve agent Novichok.
A team of 100 officers are working to discover how and where a 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, both now critically ill, came across an item contaminated with Novichok, the same toxin used in an attack on Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter four months ago.
Britain has accused Russia of poisoning the Skripals with the nerve agent — developed by the Soviet military during the Cold War — at the former spy’s home in Salisbury, in what was the first known offensive use of such a chemical weapon on European soil since World War Two.
The Kremlin has denied any involvement and says Britain is trying to stoke up anti-Russian sentiment.
Published: by Radio NewsHub