German doctors said today there was no health danger for four Germans feared contaminated by radiation in the murder case of former Russian state security officer Aleksandr Litvinenko.
The four Germans were linked to Dmitry Kovtun, a Russian who met Litvinenko in London on the day he is believed to have been poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive isotope.
They were hospitalized on December 11 after traces of polonium were found at two flats in Hamburg where Kovtun had stayed before traveling to London for his meeting with Litvinenko last month.
Litvinenko died in London on November 23. Kovtun is said to have developed symptoms of radiation poisoning.
Britain, Russia, and Germany have all now opened investigations into the Litvinenko case. The head of the Russian office of Interpol, Timur Lakhonin, said the international police force has been asked to help coordinate investigations.
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