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Radiation traces found in Hamburg

Polonium in Hamburg-Ottensen and Ausländerbehörde

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Hammonia
Radio news reported there were actually traces of Polonium found in a flat in Hamburg Ottensen and also on some papers found at the Ausländerbehörde (aliens department).

Here's the BBC News article: Radiation 'trace' at German homes

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Police in Germany say they have found indications of radiation in two properties apparently used by a contact of murdered spy Alexander Litvinenko. Dmitry Kovtun, who met the former KGB agent on the day he fell ill, is being treated in hospital in Russia.

And in German via the Hamburger Abendblatt: Grosseinsatz Hamburger Polizisten und Scotland-Yard-Beamte untersuchen Wohnung.

Apparently the Russian authorities do not give permission to search the Aeroflot-machine Kovtun was flying in. I heard in the news about people living around the flat in Ottensen standing in the street in their dressing gowns discussing the case and having an eye on the efforts of the police.

Goodness Gracious
Seems to me that they find "traces of radiation" every which way they look.

A Google News search for "radiation found" currently brings back radiation found in:
  • British Embassy Moscow
  • Arsenal stadium
  • British Airways aircraft
  • Twelve other locations around London
  • ...and now Hamburg
Interesting story this one though. It's like Europe's biggest "whodunit" mystery of the winter.
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