sourceAn Italian security expert who met with former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko the day he fell fatally ill has also tested positive for the same radioactive substance found in his body, British authorities said Friday.
Litvinenko's wife tested positive as well, a friend said.
Also Friday, a hotel in Sussex, southeastern England, was evacuated as police and health workers carried out tests for polonium-210, police said. The hotel, set in 186 acres of countryside, was being examined by specialists as part of the inquiry into Litvinenko's death.
The Italian expert, Mario Scaramella, met with Litvinenko at a sushi bar in London on Nov. 1 รข€” the day the former intelligence agent first reported the symptoms that ultimately led to his death.
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