UK vows to act against any country found to be behind spy’s poisoning
London — Britain has vowed to act "without hesitation" if a state is found responsible for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent. Police have said 21 people in total had received medical treatment following the incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain unconscious in a critical but stable condition following the attack on Sunday in the sleepy southwestern English city of Salisbury. Sergeant Nick Bailey, one of first officers to find the pair slumped on a bench outside a shopping centre and who was later hospitalised in intensive care, was sitting up and talking on Thursday, according to police. "There’s been around 21 people (treated)," said Kier Pritchard, chief constable for Wiltshire Police, noting that included "multiple officers". "A number of those have been through the hospital treatment process, they’re having blood tests, they’re having treatment in terms of support and advice," he said. Pritchard said he had spoken to Bailey and his wife in hos...
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