Skripal served in Russia's military intelligence agency, GRU. He was exchanged in a Cold War-type spy swap in 2010 on the runway at Vienna's airport. After serving four years in prison in Russia for spying for Britain's espionage service, MI6, Skripal was one of four Russian double agents exchanged for 10 Russians expelled from the United States, including Manhattan socialite Anna Chapman.
The incident is drawing comparisons to the case of Alexander Litvinenko, a Russian KGB officer-turned-British intelligence agent and a highly public critic of President Vladimir Putin. Litvinenko died an agonizing death days after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 in a London hotel in 2006. British doctors struggled in that case to identify the substance that killed him.
英国首相特蕾莎·梅保证,如果发现俄罗斯幕后策划了用神经毒剂刺杀前俄罗斯间谍谢尔盖·斯科利帕和他女儿一事,将做出“恰当的”回应。
特蕾莎·梅首相星期四告诉独立电视资讯说:“但是我们应该给警方时间和空间,让他们完成调查。当然了,如果需要采取行动的话,政府会在正确的时间,以最有力的证据为基础采取行动。”
英国内政大臣拉德告诉议会说:“在英国境内使用神经毒剂是肆无忌惮的行为,是最残酷最公开的蓄意谋杀。”
警方一位官员告诉英国天空电视台说,在英国南部索尔兹伯里镇一个购物中心附近释放的神经毒剂共伤及21人,其中3人仍在住院治疗,包括袭击目标前俄罗斯间谍谢尔盖·斯科利帕、他的女儿尤利娅和在户外长椅上发现他们不省人事而赶来救助的英国警察贝利。
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