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lostnfound

(16,192 posts)
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:04 PM Jul 2018

2 in UK critical condition after exposure to same Russian nerve agent - British citizens

Being reported now on MSNBC. Same general area but not same specific area as the previous poisoning.

Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess are their names.

Here’s the UK Guardian article.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wiltshire-salisbury-amesbury-major-incident-victims-dawn-sturgess-charlie-rowley-latest-a8431376.html

The couple who are fighting for their lives after falling ill in a major incident in Wiltshire have been named as Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess by a friend.

Sam Hobson, 29, told journalists he witnessed Ms Sturgess being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher on Saturday morning after she fell unconscious.

“She was having assistance with her breathing,” he said. “Paramedics said they needed to do a heart and brain scan and so Charlie and I were told we couldn't see her. Charlie was fine at first.”

He said Mr Rowley the slipped into a "zombie-like state" himself several hours later and was taken to Salisbury District Hospital, where they both remai


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2 in UK critical condition after exposure to same Russian nerve agent - British citizens (Original Post) lostnfound Jul 2018 OP
Probes enid602 Jul 2018 #1
This is a shock, an escalation of war. By the Russians.. or an accidental remnant of former event? lostnfound Jul 2018 #2

enid602

(8,659 posts)
1. Probes
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:19 PM
Jul 2018

A message, perhaps to those who will be asked to testify in the Russia probes taking place in both the US and the UK?

lostnfound

(16,192 posts)
2. This is a shock, an escalation of war. By the Russians.. or an accidental remnant of former event?
Thu Jul 5, 2018, 12:26 PM
Jul 2018

There’s outrage and there will be demonstrations in UK.

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