UK police declare major incident as two people fall ill near Salisbury

Reuters ^ | 03 Jul 2018 18:36pm | Staff

[blueplum]

(Reuters) - British police declared a major incident late on Tuesday after it said a man and a woman in a critical condition may have been exposed to an unknown substance near the southern English town of Salisbury.

“Wiltshire Police and partners have this evening declared a major incident after it is suspected that two people might have been exposed to an unknown substance in Amesbury,” the police said in a statement. {snip}

Amesbury lies seven miles (11 kms) to the north of Salisbury, where in March Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter ….

[Jack Hammer]

That’s good and insightful thinking, but I wonder if the police are as clever as that...

[BenLurkin]

Sir Geffery Dilandsworth

Dilly-dilly!

[BobL]

“Unknown substance leaves two people critically ill near Salisbury, British police say”

Probably a copy of the First Amendment. They just can’t conceive of it there.

[bgill]

Spotted dick. Beware of the spots.

[blueplum]

CNN just reporting that it’s the same poison. Unless this new couple also has Russian ties, this is a rather odd turn in the road given the time passed since the first incident.

[blueplum]

AP reporting 5 minutes ago :

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/police-say-britons-were-exposed-to-nerve-agent/ar-AAzysSl?ocid=spartanntp

[Jack Hammer]

Yes, I’m following the story. How on Earth did this latest couple come into contact with a Russian poison!

[Pontiac]

I credit the press with this thinking not the police.

Remember how good the press was at covering up the Pakistani pedophile ring.

But then it was a combined effort of both the press and the police to cover up for the Muslim sex fiends.

[Doogle]

Thanks....
Russian arms dealer?...the Brits have to clear this up pretty quickly...

[Winniesboy]

And it was the press which eventually exposed the cover-ups...I