On June 30th, two people were hospitalized after being exposed to an unknown substance in the town of Amesbury, located not far from Salisbury, where ex-Russian intelligence officer Skripal and his daughter were allegedly poisoned four months ago.
Counter-terrorism officers have joined the investigation opened by the local Wiltshire police after two people were taken to hospital in critical condition after being exposed to an unknown substance in the southwest English city of Amesbury, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday in a statement.
“As you would expect, given the recent events in Salisbury, officers from the counter-terrorism network are working jointly with colleagues from the Wiltshire Police regarding the incident in Amesbury,” police said.
Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Theresa May said that the emergency committee had held a meeting in response to the Wiltshire incident.
2 Hospitalized After Exposure to ‘Unknown Substance' in UK's Amesbury — Police
However, the police noted that it has not yet been established whether a crime was committed.
“It was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after using possibly heroin or crack cocaine from a contaminated batch of drugs. However, further testing is now ongoing to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill and we are keeping an open mind as to the circumstances surrounding this incident,” the statement reads.
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