Tests on the substance involved are being carried out at the defence research centre at Porton Down.
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Some emergency workers had complained of suffering itchy eyes and difficulty breathing, suggesting some of the mystery poison may have remained in the air, while their colleagues put on full biohazard suits and respirators. Up to 10 other people suffered symptoms including vomiting.
Up to ten emergency service workers were also assessed by medical staff after treating the Skripals, of whom one remains in hospital.Ĭounter-terror detectives from Scotland Yard have assumed control of the probe, which has taken on political and international significance, and led to a meeting of the National Security Council.
Meanwhile confusion surrounded Lyudmila's cause of death when neighbour Blake Stephens, 21, suggested she had actually 'died in a car accident a while ago'. The BBC claimed Alexandr died on holiday in Russia with his girlfriend after being taken to hospital with liver failure, and that his family was suspicious about his death. Lyudmila died in 2012, with her death certificate recording the cause of death as cancer - specifically disseminated endometrial carcinoma.Īs for Mr Skripal's son, he was said to have been killed in a car crash in St Petersburg last year – but the family's cleaner said he had actually died from liver problems.
Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, remain fighting for their lives in hospital after being exposed to a mystery substance on Sunday in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Now, the deaths of his wife and son will be considered by Scotland Yard as they investigate the possible poisoning of Mr Skripal, according to The Times. His son Alexandr died in St Petersburg aged 43 last year - and relatives held suspicions since the deaths that they were in mysterious circumstances. Sergei Skripal suffered a triple family tragedy in five years when his wife Lyudmila died aged 59 in 2012, before his older brother passed away in Russia in 2016. The building is the latest location in the city to be closed off, following the park where the pair were found, Zizzi's itself, the nearby Mill Pub, Mr Skripal's house, an ambulance station and part of the hospital.Īs anti-terror police investigate the suspected poisoning, one line of inquiry is that the former Russian army colonel was ambushed by attackers who sprayed him with a substance in the street.Īnother possibility investigators are looking at is that Mr Skripal's drink was spiked at a pub he and his daughter visited shortly before they collapsed. Mr Skripal, 66, (left, in 2006) and his daughter Yulia, 33, (right) are critically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substanceĮarly this afternoon, a large number of police, three fire engines and at least two ambulances descended on the Sarum House office building next door to the Zizzi's Italian where Mr Skripal ate before he collapsed.Ī woman in her 40s was taken from the office block and put in a waiting ambulance. Wiltshire Police declined to comment.
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