As reported today by the Chechepress news agency citing an unnamed source in London, doctors discovered that the Russian defector Litvinenko was purportedly poisoned by thallium, a heavy metal that causes damage to nervous system, lungs and kidneys.
Murder cases caused by thallium are known worldwide through a popular detective novel by Agatha Christie.
According to the agency, London police opened an investigation after receiving the medical report. Earlier, Mr Livinenko said that the police had opened this investigation even before any medical conclusions. The police denied knowing anything about Mr Litvinenko' s case, according to Russian news reports.
Mr Litvinenko is under a heavy police guard in the hospital, and the police give no information about investigation to the media, the Chechenpress said.
Meanwhile, no British or other Western media showed any interest at all to the case of Mr Litvinenko and did not even mention his poisoning in the news or articles.
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