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still_one

(91,937 posts)
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 02:17 PM Mar 2018

Critically ill man 'former Russian spy'

Source: BBC

A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands.
Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a "spy swap" between the US and Russia in 2010.
Police declared a major incident on Sunday after a man and a woman were reported ill in a shopping centre in Salisbury.
The substance is still unknown.
A number of locations in the city centre were cordoned off and the A&E department was closed.
Skripal, who is a retired Russian military intelligence colonel, was jailed for 13 years in 2006 for spying for Britain.
He was convicted of passing the identities of Russian intelligence agents working undercover in Europe to the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43295134

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43295134

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Critically ill man 'former Russian spy' (Original Post) still_one Mar 2018 OP
Hmmmmm......Polonium? dhol82 Mar 2018 #1
Too fast I think Loki Liesmith Mar 2018 #11
Sarin works quickly. dhol82 Mar 2018 #12
Sure but I think polonium takes longer Loki Liesmith Mar 2018 #14
Trump loves this idea, kill those who don't agree. redstatebluegirl Mar 2018 #2
This a "message" to Zoonart Mar 2018 #3
Jailed for 13 years in 2006? Cracklin Charlie Mar 2018 #4
sentenced to 13 years. released as part of a swap. unblock Mar 2018 #6
Thanks! Cracklin Charlie Mar 2018 #9
Putin thickens the burial plots. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #5
Seems Putin is willing to wait before he murders his enemies. Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #7
Putin taking the playbook from Stalin who poisoned Lenin kimbutgar Mar 2018 #8
Substance not yet officially identified, but The Guardian talks of fentanyl muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #10
Was the guy known as heroin addict? dhol82 Mar 2018 #13
Pretty sure that was before they knew who this guy was, and were thinking LisaL Mar 2018 #19
Ok, so fentanyl tea, then? RealityChik Mar 2018 #20
The were decontaminating the street. LisaL Mar 2018 #21
Putin doesn't need to send spies to the U.S. watoos Mar 2018 #15
I hope Mueller is protected and cautious. BadgerMom Mar 2018 #16
... orangecrush Mar 2018 #17
Chalk another one for Vlad. Firestorm49 Mar 2018 #18

muriel_volestrangler

(101,146 posts)
10. Substance not yet officially identified, but The Guardian talks of fentanyl
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 02:32 PM
Mar 2018
The incident began on Sunday afternoon when police received a call that a man and woman had been taken ill in the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury. The woman, who was unconscious, was airlifted to Salisbury district hospital and the man taken there by road.

It was thought that fentanyl, a synthetic opiate many times stronger than heroin, may have been involved.
...
A Public Health England spokesman said there did not appear to be any further immediate risk to public health.

Fentanyl is an opioid drug that can be used as anaesthetic – with other drugs - during operations. A very small dose of the drug can be fatal.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/05/salisbury-hospital-police-fire-crews-attend-major-incident

Another Putin hit?

RealityChik

(382 posts)
20. Ok, so fentanyl tea, then?
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 09:20 PM
Mar 2018

Guess we'll have to wait for more details. Wouldn't be hard for someone to dump a lethal dose into a beverage.

LisaL

(44,962 posts)
21. The were decontaminating the street.
Mon Mar 5, 2018, 09:24 PM
Mar 2018

I really doubt they would have to decontaminate the street for fentanyl in tea.

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