Poisoning case of Russian former spy sheltered by Britain： 21 people received treatment.

　　British police said on the 8th that 21 people were treated in the poisoning case of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter who were sheltered by Britain, and three people, including Krippahl’s father and daughter, were still in hospital.

　　On the same day, British Prime Minister David theresa may called on the public to give the police "sufficient time and space" for in-depth investigation. Faced with different opinions from the outside world, some observers warned to draw a conclusion cautiously, "it is not excluded that someone planted a frame-up and deliberately added chaos."

　　Father and daughter are still in a coma

　　Kiel prichard, the head of Wiltshire police in England, said on the 8th that 21 people, including several police officers, had been admitted to hospital for blood tests and treatment in the case of the poisoning of Tusk Ripart’s father and daughter. Among them, 18 people have been discharged.

　　Krippahl, 66, and her 33-year-old daughter You Liya were unconscious on a street bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire on the 4th. At first, some media claimed that Krippahl was traveling with a young woman, which was later confirmed to be his daughter. Mark Rowley, head of the anti-terrorism department of the British police, confirmed on the evening of the 7 th that the father and daughter were attacked by nerve agents.

　　Reuters reported that among the three people who have not been discharged from the hospital, Krippahl’s father and daughter are still in a coma on the 8 th, and their physical condition is extremely poor, but they are still stable; Nick Bailey, a policeman who went to the scene for treatment, was in poor health, but he was conscious and could speak and "sit up".

　　Krippahl retired from the Russian General Intelligence Service in 1999 and was arrested in Moscow in 2004. He admitted to leaking information about Russian agents stationed in Europe to British MI 6, and was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2006. According to a US-Russian spy exchange agreement in 2010, he was released to the United States and later settled in Britain.

　　After the poisoning incident, British police and forensic departments began to search Krippahl’s home in Salisbury and the restaurants and bars that the father and daughter were believed to have set foot in on the 4th.

　　The expert group sent by the British government has identified this nerve agent, but refused to disclose what substance it is and the specific means of poisoning. Sally Davis, a British public health official, reassured the public that the incident did not pose a wider security threat.

　　The police stepped up their investigation.

　　As of the 8th, the British police refused to publicly guess who was behind the poisoning incident. However, some people turned their suspicious eyes to Russia, causing tension in British-Russian diplomatic relations.

　　British Prime Minister theresa may made a televised speech on the 8th, saying that if the Russian side was found to be behind the scenes, the British side would "respond appropriately". Earlier, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and other officials also hinted that Russia might be involved.

　　The Russian side denied that it was involved in the poisoning incident, accusing the British side of trying to politicize the matter and even publishing inferences directed at Russia without investigation, which is an anti-Russian propaganda.

　　Richard guthrie, a British chemical weapons expert, told the Associated Press that it is undeniable that "there is another possibility", that is, someone deliberately made trouble in order to "plant the blame on Russia".

　　According to Andrea Serra, a professor of chemistry at University College London, the neurotoxic agent is too toxic to be made at home, and "it can only be produced in a specific factory". Therefore, as long as its impurities and residues are detected, it is expected to infer important information such as production process and producer identity from clues.

　　On the 8th, theresa may called on the public to "give the police enough time and space so that they can really find out the truth". Amber Rudd, the British Home Secretary, said that the British side has invested a lot of resources and police force in the investigation, hoping that the people would "avoid making wild guesses".

　　Text/Xinhua News Agency