British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has called on Russia to come forward and explain what has happened, following the poisoning of a couple in Amesbury, Wiltshire, with the nerve agent Novichok.
He said the working assumption is that the couple came into contact with the substance outside of the areas which were cordoned off in nearby Salisbury, when former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with the same nerve agent in March of this year.
While tests have not confirmed the nerve agent came from the same batch, police are investigating the theory that the couple, who are British citizens and in their mid-40s, came into contact with some residue from the initial poison.
UK health authorities have warned people in the area not to pick up unknown objects .
In a statement to the House of Commons Savid Javid said the use of chemical weapons was barbaric and unacceptable and that Moscow had questions to answer.
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The Home Secretary sought to reassure people that the original decontamination process had been successful.
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