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21 People Are Treated After Nerve-Agent Attack On Ex-Spy, U.K. Police Say

British authorities say Sergei Skripal and his daughter were specific targets of the poisoning but now it appears that more people were affected.

British police say around 21 people sought medical treatment in the wake of the nerve-agent poisoning last weekend of a former Russia spy living in the U.K.

Sergei Skripal, a former Russian colonel and military

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