Former Russian Spy Found Unconscious in England After Exposure to an ‘Unknown Substance’

Mar 06, 2018, 01:05 PM

(SALISBURY, England) — A former Russian spy was critically ill after exposure to an "unknown substance," British media reported in a case that immediately drew parallels to the poisoning of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko.

National and local authorities said only that a man and a woman were found unconscious Sunday afternoon on a bench in a shopping mall in Salisbury, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) west of London.