A total of 21 people sought help after the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain

Skripal was a colonel in the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU), and was convicted of espionage in 2006. He was freed in 2010, as part of a highly publicized exchange in which the US agreed to release 10 members of a Russian "sleeper cell" of spies discovered in the US, in exchange for four Russians convicted of espionage for the West.
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Russian spy poisoning, Photo: Beta/AP
Russian spy poisoning, Photo: Beta/AP
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Ažurirano: 08.03.2018. 21:04h

The British police announced today that a total of 21 people sought medical help after the use of a nerve agent in the attack on a former Russian spy and his daughters.

Wiltshire Acting Chief Constable Keir Pritchard told Sky News today that "a number" of those people had blood tests, were given support and hospital advice.

The 21 people included former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, his daughter Yulia and police officer Nick Bailey, who was the first to come to Skripal's aid when he found him unconscious. Those three are the only ones still in the hospital.

Officials said Bailey's health is improving, while Skripal and his daughter remain in critical but stable condition.

British Home Secretary Amber Rudd today described the attack with a rare chemical nerve agent on a former Russian spy and his daughter as a "brazen and reckless act" that will be "responded to without hesitation" when the facts become clear.

The two were found unconscious on a bench in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday, prompting an anti-terrorism investigation.

Skripal was a colonel in the Russian Military Intelligence Service (GRU), and was convicted of espionage in 2006. He was freed in 2010, as part of a highly publicized exchange in which the US agreed to release 10 members of a Russian "sleeper cell" of spies discovered in the US, in exchange for four Russians convicted of espionage for the West.

In the quiet town of Salisbury where the attack took place, the police are continuing their investigation. The restaurant chain Zizi and the pub "The Mill" where the father and daughter were, are closed to guests and are surrounded by a police cordon.

The bench where they were found on Sunday in an outdoor shopping center is covered with a tent.

Investigators are also interested in the 2012 deaths of Skripal's wife from cancer, as well as the sudden deaths of his brother two years ago and his son last year in St. Petersburg from liver disease. Today, the police surrounded the gravestone of Skripal's wife Lyudmila and son Alexander, who was cremated, with security tapes.

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