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Detectives hunting those who carried out the Salisbury nerve agent attack are focusing on the movements of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief has said. Detectives hunting the people who carried out the Salisbury nerve agent attack are focusing on the movements of Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief has said.
On Tuesday, its assistant commissioner Neil Basu praised the bravery both of the officers and scientists working on the ground and the people of Salisbury for their help and support. On Tuesday, Neil Basu praised the bravery of the officers and scientists working on the ground and the people of Salisbury for their help and support.
More than two weeks after the attack on the Skripals, Basu said the inquiry would take weeks or months but said he was optimistic the people who carried out the attack would be found. More than two weeks after the attack on the Skripals, the assistant Metropolitan police commissioner said the inquiry would take weeks or months, but he was optimistic the culprits would be found.
Asked on the BBC’s Today programme if the focus was on Skripal’s BMW car amid claims that it may have been sabotaged, Basu said: “Our focus is on the movements of the Skripals; we are open-minded and will follow that evidence wherever it takes us. Asked on the BBC’s Today programme if the focus was on Skripal’s BMW, following claims that it may have been sabotaged, Basu said: “Our focus is on the movements of the Skripals; we are open-minded and will follow that evidence wherever it takes us.
“It’s frustrating, I know, its painstaking work and I would like to pay tribute to the people who are working day and night and also to the people of Salisbury who have been remarkably stoic and very supportive to Wiltshire [police] and my officers while they go about their business.” “It’s frustrating, I know, its painstaking work and I would like to pay tribute to the people who are working day and night and also to the people of Salisbury, who have been remarkably stoic and very supportive to Wiltshire [police] and my officers while they go about their business.”
He also drew attention to how perilous the work was. “There are some very brave scientists and forensic officers painstakingly looking through the scene to determine answers but it will take time.” He also drew attention to how perilous the work was. “There are some very brave scientists and forensic officers painstakingly looking through the scene to determine answers, but it will take time,” Basu said.
At the weekend police released the first image connected to the investigation – that of Skripal’s BMW – and gave more details about what they knew of the pair’s movements in the hours leading up to the attack. At the weekend, police released the first image connected to the investigation, of Skripal’s car, and gave more details about what they knew of the pair’s movements in the hours leading up to the attack.
Basu said: “I’m really pleased to say our witness appeals have resulted in the public coming forward.” He added: “I’m ever the optimist and our job is to find the people responsible for a despicable and heinous activity on UK soil. We’ll find those people responsible and we’ll seek to prosecute them.” “I’m really pleased to say our witness appeals have resulted in the public coming forward,” Basu said.
About 4,000 hours of CCTV footage is being examined for clues alongside nearly 800 seized items and 400 witness statements have been recorded so far. “I’m ever the optimist and our job is to find the people responsible for a despicable and heinous activity on UK soil. We’ll find those people responsible and we’ll seek to prosecute them.”
On Monday attention turned to the vehicle that brought Yulia to Salisbury the day before the attempted murder. About 4,000 hours of CCTV footage is being examined for clues alongside nearly 800 seized items, and 400 witness statements have been recorded so far.
On Monday, attention turned to the vehicle that brought Yulia to Salisbury the day before the attempted murder.
Officers and troops sealed off a street in the village of Durrington, 10 miles north of Salisbury and close to Stonehenge, where they are believed to have seized a pickup truck belonging to a family friend of the Skripals.Officers and troops sealed off a street in the village of Durrington, 10 miles north of Salisbury and close to Stonehenge, where they are believed to have seized a pickup truck belonging to a family friend of the Skripals.
Yulia is understood to have been collected by the friend, Ross Cassidy, from Heathrow airport after flying in from Moscow on Saturday 3 March, 24 hours before she and her father were taken critically ill in Salisbury.Yulia is understood to have been collected by the friend, Ross Cassidy, from Heathrow airport after flying in from Moscow on Saturday 3 March, 24 hours before she and her father were taken critically ill in Salisbury.
The development came as experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in the UK to begin an independent investigation into the attack. The team is expected to visit scenes connected to the investigation and the defence science and technology laboratory at Porton Down, near Salisbury, where items connected to the attack are being analysed. The development came as experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrived in the UK to begin an independent investigation into the attack. The team is expected to visit scenes connected to the investigation and the defence science and technology laboratory at Porton Down, near Salisbury, where items connected to the incident are being analysed.
More than 20 cordons have been set up or remain in place across Wiltshire and Dorset. Police have contacted 131 people who could have been exposed to the nerve agent.More than 20 cordons have been set up or remain in place across Wiltshire and Dorset. Police have contacted 131 people who could have been exposed to the nerve agent.
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