Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has been discharged from a British hospital, more than two months after he was poisoned with a nerve agent and left fighting for his life, health officials said on Friday.
Mr. Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious in the English city of Salisbury on March 4, and spent weeks in critical condition.
Ms. Yulia, 33, recovered more quickly than her father and was discharged last month.
Salisbury District Hospital said on Friday that all three people hospitalised in the attack — the Skripals and a police officer who came to their assistance — had now been released. The Skripals have been taken to an undisclosed location for their safety.
“We have been able to discharge Sergei Skripal,” said Lorna Wilkinson, director of nursing at the hospital.
“This is an important stage in his recovery, which will now take place away from the hospital.”
Sergei Skripal is a former Russian intelligence officer who was convicted of spying for Britain before coming to the U.K. as part of a 2010 prisoner swap. He had been living quietly in Salisbury, 145 km southwest of London, when he was struck down.
Britain says the Skripals were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent and that Russia was behind the attack. Moscow denies it.
