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UNIAN: Wiltshire police declare major incident after couple exposed to substance near Salisbury

By UNIAN.

Published July 4, 2018 at 10:23 am

Investigators work in the garden of Sergei Skripal's house in Salisbury, southern England, on March 22, 2018, as investigations and operations continue in connection with the major incident sparked after a man and a woman were apparently poisoned in a nerve agent attack in Salisbury on March 4.

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British police declared a major incident on July 4 after a couple fell ill from possible exposure to an unknown substance near the southern English town of Salisbury.

Wiltshire police appealed for information after cordoning off sites in and around Amesbury and Salisbury in southern England overnight into July 4, Deutsche Welle reports.