Former Russian spy’s case being treated as attempted murder,with police officer also ‘seriously ill’The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were intentionally poisoned with a nerve agent in a case that is now being treated as attempted murder, the police counter-terrorism chief has said.
Scotland Yard assistant chief commissioner Mark Rowley said the police officer who was first to the spot where Skripal was found in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon was “seriously ill” in hospital. His condition had deteriorated, or Rowley said,adding: “Wiltshire police are providing full support to his family.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk