U.K. Police Say Two British Nationals Exposed to Nerve Agent Novichok

Incident occurred near town where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and daughter were poisoned four months ago

LONDON—A man and a woman lying critically ill in a hospital in western England were sickened by the same nerve agent that poisoned a former Russian intelligence officer and his daughter four months ago, counterterrorism police said Wednesday.

Britain blamed Russia for the earlier poisoning using Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union. Moscow denied any responsibility for the attack.

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