Salisbury two in critical condition

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Couple found unconscious due to as yet unidentified substance.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/04/major-incident-inamesbury-unknown-substance-leaves-two-people/amp/

I hope they pull through. Very worrying, so many questions.

From The Guardian:

Major incident declared after man and woman found unconscious in Amesbury

A government source did not play down the potential severity of the incident, saying it was a matter of concern and was being closely monitored

A number of sites in the Amesbury and Salisbury area were cordoned off as a precaution, although the force said it was not yet clear whether the pair were the victims of a crime. Tests were being carried out to establish the substance that led to them becoming ill

Neighbours said they believed the two people who fell ill had been at a hog roast organised by Amesbury Baptist church. They were said not to be regular churchgoers. The Baptist church was cordoned off

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/04/wiltshire-unknown-substance-leaves-pair-critically-ill-in-salisbury-hospital

The couple were found on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to an address in Muggleton Road, Amesbury on Saturday evening [30 June] after a man and woman, both in their 40s, were found unconscious in a property. They are both currently receiving treatment for suspected exposure to an unknown substance at Salisbury district hospital. They are both in a critical condition
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/04/wiltshire-unknown-substance-leaves-pair-critically-ill-in-salisbury-hospital

Well could be anything but I suspect the police will have found something suspicious to cordon off a church

Clearly not a case of carbon monoxide poisoning etc

Counter terrorism officers called in.

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They've updated the link since I last looked at it. They've done well to keep a lid on press reports for so long. It's clear they didn't really believe that the pair of people had taken illegal drugs.

I saw the news report this morning- very concerning, given recent events.

BBC say it's the same nerve agent as used on the Skripals.

News breaking on the same day that Vote Leave appears to be confessing to breaking the law is awfully coincidental.

I agree it’s strangely coincidental kitten. As is the fact that news of what the Vote Leave campaign did seems to have been saved up for release immediately after the England win. It knocks it down the headline hierarchy.

OhYouBadBadKitten not good.

Yup. Algorithms mean most read stories go to the top. Easy to manipulate. Frustrating .

It happened on Saturday tho

It's intriguing..... where and how were they contaminated

It's not good at all Woman. They've not said who they are yet. I hope they are going to be ok.

I hope they are going to be ok yes

DH justsaid it has been confirmed as novichok - I've not see the news yet tho

That's true Run. We aren't saying the new poisoning and the football are coincidental. Although, those two items are actually probably the things that are coincidental iyswim.

Radio 4 now will cover it, they are obvs. scrambling to assemble the story.

This is bizarre, if it was discarded after the Skripal attack, it’s odd that no one else has been contaminated & that it’s remained potent enough to make 2 people so ill.

news.met.police.uk/news/statement-from-acso-neil-basu-re-amesbury-incident-313215

Both British locals.

The woman has a young daughter... no mention of her though? Not sure if she lives with her mum

I’m not sure the bit in that statement about reassuring the public that there’s no evidence that the second couple had recently visited any of the sites decontaminated following the Skripal attack is as reassuring as he intended.

I'm not convinced by that at all either.

Twitter and some papers have named the couple, but I won't do so unless it's officially confirmed.

There's another parallel thread running along the same lines in In the News too.

It’s onNewsnight now, Mark Urban saying the applicator used to put on Skripals door never recovered. Couple may have stumbled upon preparation site or site where applicator discarded

My speculation (founded on nothing more than wondering how it’s possible two new people have become contaminated) is that these people were involved in the Skripal attack - preparing or storing or applying the nerve agent? I have zero inside knowledge so this is just wild speculation on my part.

As someone else suggested - could they have moved into the house owned by the original attacker? Seems more likely than my suggestion if they really are ‘an ordinary British couple’.

Either way I hope they’ll be ok.

It is very worrying.

Sorry, that’s my speculation from the other thread and it’s been suggested we move here to reduce confusion.